Comments on: Ask Roni – Measuring Pasta

By: roni

roni — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:33:45 +0000

Melissa – I’m not sure! Give me an example of a recipe you are trying to add and I’ll see if I can trouble shoot.

By: melissa

melissa — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:06:53 +0000

I can’t get your recipes on my ziplist. it only has old ones I have from another website but it says its on there. do you know what I can do?

By: roni

roni — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:45:52 +0000

Hi Heather! This isn’t stupid at all! To be honest… I decide once the meal is done and what I feel is a good size portion for the cals. So I guess my short answer is I don’t know.. I just decide! :)

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:02:40 +0000

This may be a dumb questions, but how do you know how many servings are in a finished meal so you know how to divide properly?

By: roni

roni — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:22:01 +0000

Unfortunately it depends on the type of pasta. Does this help? http://www.barillaus.com/Home/Pages/Measuring_Pasta.aspx

By: kingsize

kingsize — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:43:58 +0000

my scales have broken and i really need to know how many cupfulls of dried pasta is equal to 40g of dried pasta?

By: roni

roni — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:11:37 +0000

LOL Did I forget to email you?!? SO SORRY! I try to email when I answer a question.

By: Erin

Erin — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:08:50 +0000

i never realized i was a “topic” on your site until i started browsing – wow! thanks, haha!

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:39:51 +0000

Hello! I’m coming out of lurkdom to say that I love your site and I too am a scale freak. It actually has a permanent spot on my counter. I’m so bad that I’ll make a recipe and actually weigh the entire completed recipe and divide the grams by the number of servings and then weigh my serving. Not sure that makes sense. Like if I make spaghetti, I’ll weigh the whole recipe so if it comes out to 1000 grams then I divide that by 4 servings and know that 1 serving is 250 grams. So then I put my plate on the scale and measure out 250 grams of spaghetti. I think I need to go to food scales anonymous! :-)

By: swizzlepop

swizzlepop — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:10:07 +0000

I have a handy dandy pasta measurer thingie that I got at Linens N Things for the stringy pastas and for other kinds (spiral, elbow, etc.) I measure according to the serving size. If it says 3/4C then I measure 3/4 dry and then measure 3/4 cooked to serve.

By: roni

roni — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:43:48 +0000

Barillaus – What a FABULOUS idea! I love the rubber bands!

By: dj

dj — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:05:45 +0000

Barillaus has a table for all pasta's. I saved the plastic top off a condiment bottle that matched a serving size. I fist the pasta, place the end in the cap to confirm the measure. Sometimes, I'll do the entire box and put small rubberbands around a serving size, so in the future I just have to grab. It helps when you are really tired and hungry. :-)

By: Jami

Jami — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:31:22 +0000

I’m a scale freak too. I can’t answer cup wise but I’ve noticed that when pasta is cooked it is almost exactly twice the weight.

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:12:08 +0000

I’m like Shelley I eyeball it and then take what I want and the hubby eats what he wants and packs the rest for lunch!

By: Shelley Baldwin

Shelley Baldwin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:50:43 +0000

I’m delurking now – been keeping up w/your blogs for a couple months now. I am a scale freak too, but usually with stuff that has already been cooked or doesn’t need to be cooked (e.g., cooked meat in ounces, cheese in ounces, etc.)

For pasta, I just eyeball it before cooking, & then measure out my portion. 1/2 cup = 2 points, 1 cup = 4 pounts, etc. My hubby eats the rest!