Pasta - dry weight or cooked weight

irishcailin2012
irishcailin2012 Posts: 47 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Need your input again please. When you log in your diary the amount of pasta you eat is it the dry weight or the cooked weight you enter? I just cooked pasta and when its cooked it double the weight

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  • dusty8907
    dusty8907 Posts: 350 Member
    I've always used dry, but i'm pretty sure some of them have cooked weights as well.
  • irishcailin2012
    irishcailin2012 Posts: 47 Member
    oh thanks again dusty :happy:
  • CL87
    CL87 Posts: 9 Member
    I believe you measure it dry. BUT if you NEED to measure it cooked, double the dry weight, it should get you pretty close to the correct portion size.
  • jerber160
    jerber160 Posts: 2,607 Member
    you can find both in data base for a lot of stuff... i pick 'cooked' for left overs
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    I believe you measure it dry. BUT if you NEED to measure it cooked, double the dry weight, it should get you pretty close to the correct portion size.

    This.

    But it is just easier to weigh it before you cook it. That's what the calories on the box list.

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