Ingredient, Weight & Measurement Equivalents

Ingredient Equivalents

PASTAS, RICE & BREAD    
Food Unprepared Yields Approx.
Macaroni 1 cup (3 1/2 ozs) 2 1/2 cups cooked
Noodles, medium 3 cups (4 ozs) 3 cups cooked
Spaghetti 8 ozs 4 cups cooked
Long grain rice 1 cup (7 ozs) 3 cups cooked
Bread 1 slice 3/4 soft cup or 1/4 cup
fine dry bread crumbs
Graham crackers 14 squares 1 cup finely crushed
Gingersnaps 15 cookies 1 cup finely crushed
Vanilla wafers 22 cookies 1 cup finely crushed
DAIRY    
Food Unprepared Yields Approx.
Cheese 4 ozs 1 cup shredded or cubed
Whipping cream 1 cup 2 cups whipped
FRUITS    
Food Unprepared Yields Approx.
Apples 1 medium 1 cup sliced
Bananas 1 medium 1/3 cup mashed
Cherries, red 1 pound 2 cups pitted
Lemons 1 medium 3 tbsp. juice; 2 tsp.
shredded peel
Limes 1 medium 2 tbsp. juice; 1 tsp.
shredded peel
Oranges 1 medium 1/4 to 1/3 cup juice; 4 tsp.
shredded peel
Peaches, Pears 1 medium 1/2 cup sliced
Strawberries 4 cups whole 4 cups sliced
VEGETABLES    
Food Unprepared Yields Approx.
Beans & peas, dried 1 lb. (about 2 1/2 cups) 6 cups cooked
Cabbage 1 pound (1 small) 5 cups shredded
Carrots, without tops 1 lb. (6-8 medium) 3 cups shredded or
2 1/2 cups diced
Celery 1 medium bunch 4 1/2 cups chopped
Corn 1 medium ear 1/2 cup cut from cob
Green beans 1 pound (3 cups) 2 1/2 cups cooked, cut up
Green onions 1 bunch, 7 1/2 cup sliced
Green peppers 1 large 1 cup diced
Mushrooms 1 pound (6 cups) 6 cups sliced or 2 cups cooked
Onions 1 medium 1/2 cup chopped
Potatoes 1 medium 2/3 cup cubed or 1 cup mashed
Spinach 1 pound (12 cups) 1 1/2 cups cooked
Tomatoes 1 medium 1/2 cup cooked

Weight & Measure Equivalents

1 teaspoon = 1/3 tablespoon 1 cup = 1/2 pint
1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons 2 cups = 1 pint
2 tablespoons = 1/8 cup (1 oz)      2 pints = 1 quart
4 tablespoons = 1/4 cup 4 quarts = 1 gallon
5 1/3 tablespoons = 1/3 cup 1 pound = 16 ounces
8 tablespoons = 1/2 cup 1 fluid ounce = 2 tablespoons  
16 tablespoons = 1 cup 16 fluid ounces = 1 pint