?? about pasta portions

momof2gr8kids
momof2gr8kids Posts: 22
edited September 19 in Food and Nutrition
Last night I made some whole wheat fettucine for dinner. The serving size said "2 oz. dry". Does anyone have an idea of what that comes out to be volume-wise once it's cooked? I don't have a good idea of what that would be and since I never make just 2 oz. (I have a family to cook for!), it's hard to know just how much I should be eating.

Thanks for your help!

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  • momof2gr8kids
    momof2gr8kids Posts: 22
    Last night I made some whole wheat fettucine for dinner. The serving size said "2 oz. dry". Does anyone have an idea of what that comes out to be volume-wise once it's cooked? I don't have a good idea of what that would be and since I never make just 2 oz. (I have a family to cook for!), it's hard to know just how much I should be eating.

    Thanks for your help!
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    Last night I made some whole wheat fettucine for dinner. The serving size said "2 oz. dry". Does anyone have an idea of what that comes out to be volume-wise once it's cooked? I don't have a good idea of what that would be and since I never make just 2 oz. (I have a family to cook for!), it's hard to know just how much I should be eating.

    Thanks for your help!
    Wiki says: 2 oz. uncooked spaghetti will be the nutritional equivalent of 1 cup of cooked spaghetti
    That would also apply to most other pastas...best to measure it after cooking to be sure on different varieties
  • Anna_Banana
    Anna_Banana Posts: 2,939 Member
    Thanks FC. I was wondering this too.
  • staceyw37
    staceyw37 Posts: 2,094 Member
    me too! i was figuring it at about 1/2 cup so thanks for the wiki look up. :happy:
    altogether, tho, i'm going to try to cut down/out pasta for a while based on some other threads i was in.
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    oops...
  • kerrilucko
    kerrilucko Posts: 3,852 Member
    yes that IS good to know! I had taken to actually cooking mine seperately after measureing it dry but really... who wants to do extra dishes? :laugh:
  • momof2gr8kids
    momof2gr8kids Posts: 22
    Thanks so much, FC!! I really didn't want to have to resort to cooking mine separately! My family (and sadly, me) loves pasta so I'm trying to get them used to the whole wheat stuff. Personally, I like it but my 11-yr old wasn't that impressed. He'll get used to it! :laugh:

    Thanks again! I can always count on the MFP bunch to have the answers I'm looking for!
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    Thanks so much, FC!! I really didn't want to have to resort to cooking mine separately! My family (and sadly, me) loves pasta so I'm trying to get them used to the whole wheat stuff. Personally, I like it but my 11-yr old wasn't that impressed. He'll get used to it! :laugh:

    Thanks again! I can always count on the MFP bunch to have the answers I'm looking for!
    :flowerforyou:
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