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  • February 28, 2015 at 6:23 pm #27499
    Nuttersparadise
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    I signed up today and have noticed that a lot of my meals say 1 cup or 1/2 a cup. Does anyone know how many ounces is in a cup?

    February 28, 2015 at 7:52 pm #27507
    caschroeder
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    Unfortunately it’s not that easy. 1 cup equals 8 fluid ounces but a fluid ounce is not necessarily equivalent to a ounce weight. This is how it works: 1 cup = 8 fluid ounces = 8 ounces by weight of water. Other foods have different weights per “cup” due to density, etc. so there is no easy conversion for anything other then water since a “cup” is a volume measurement and ounces is a weight measurement. Sorry.

    March 1, 2015 at 11:32 pm #27542
    Ossie-Sharon
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    Generally the 8 ounces rule is OK for volume in our recipes. No worries.

    March 2, 2015 at 10:59 am #27563
    clydemike
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    Hi could you tell me what a serving is.? Is it the same as a cup. My lunch says 2 servings of vegetables

    March 2, 2015 at 4:17 pm #27575
    Ossie-Sharon
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    Hi, ClydeMike. Yes! That’s exactly right.

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