How much is a cup

[Gogledd]

Hi, I’m just getting started and using the 14 day meal plan. I’m not use to using ‘cups’ to measure so I would like to know if there is a conversion to grammes or ounces. I think that a cup is 8oz dry weight – is that correct?

I was using the menu to have lunch today:

1 cup of Whole Grain Pasta (cooked)

2 ounces of Brick Cheese, low-fat

1 cup of Mixed Green Salad

1 Tbsp Organic Low-Fat Dressing

is the cup used to measure the pasta before or after it is cooked?

Thanks

Mark

[Ossie-Sharon]

Hi, Mark. Yes, you are correct – 8 oz dry weight. With regard to your other questions here, one ounce is about 30 grams, and the pasta (and any other similar carbohydrate food) on your menu is cooked.

[Gogledd]

Because I’m not used to using the cup measure is there a guide to what measure of dry pasta, rice etc to use? If I measure a cup of dry pasta or rice then cook it there will be food left over! How do you judge how much to cook?

[MandyM]

Hi,
I also had a bit of difficulties with the measurements at the beginning.. but I found a helpful page here.
Maybe it helps you too: http://www.trimdownclub.com/reducing-the-size-of-recipes/

[Gogledd]

Thanks ManyM, that page is helpful. I’d still like to know how you judge a cup of pasta or rice before you’ve cooked it!

[Caroljane]

Hi this is Caroljane a new member. I have written in regarding “cups” measurements for all foods other than liquid foods and asked for the equivalent weights in pounds. So far all I have received back is a table for liquids!! Not any use at all! All solid weight foods weigh differently when converted from Cups to ounces. I was so pleased to read that I am not the only one who has trouble with this very strange way of measuring.

[Ossie-Sharon]

Hi, CarolJane. Try our exchange lists here – they translate solid US measurements into metric: http://www.trimdownclub.com/exchanges-lists.

[Gogledd]

The exchanges list is the most useful info so far. Many thanks

[ShellyG]

Hello
I am also a newbie. I do not have a food scale, so I am trying to figure out how to convert “2 ounces of nut butter” into teaspoons. Any ideas?
THANKS

[Ossie-Sharon]

Hi, ShellyG. 2 ounces of nut butter = 12 teaspoons (1/4 cup).

[MSGTRXCPA]

I also have a question about measuring in cups. If I need 1 cup of strawberries, is that equivalent to 8 ounces of Strawberries. If I put the strawberries in a 1 cup measuring cup I come up with fewer strawberries than if I measure out 8 ounces of strawberries. Thanks for the advice because I want to make sure I start right in order to get maximum benefit from this way of eating.

[Ossie-Sharon]

Hi, MSGTRXCPA. One cup of strawberries weighs about 155 grams, or 5.5 ounces.

[MSGTRXCPA]

Thanks for the info on strawberry measurements.

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