When determining how much food to buy at the supermarket, use the table below to convert recipe amounts to supermarket amounts.
Ingredient | Quantity | Yield |
Almonds | 1 lb w/shell | 1 c shelled |
Apple | 1 med | 1 c sliced |
Apple | 1 lb | 3 medium |
Apricot | 1 lb | 4 c sliced |
Banana | 1 med | 1 c sliced |
Beans | 1 c dry | 2 ½ – 3 c cooked |
Bell pepper | 1 large | 1 c diced |
Butter | 2 tbsp | 1 oz |
Bread | 2 slices | 1 c soft crumbs |
Bread | 3 slices | 1 c dry crumbs |
Cabbage | 1 lb | 4+ c shredded |
Carrots | 1 lb fresh | 3 c diced |
Celery | 1 lb fresh | 4 c diced |
Cheese (blocks) | ¼ lb | 1 c shredded |
Chocolate | 4 oz baking | 1 c grated |
Chocolate | 6 oz chips | 1 c |
Cocoa | ¼ lb | 1 c |
Corn | 3 ears | 1 c kernels |
Crackers (salted, squares) | 18 | 1 c coarse crumbs |
Cream, heavy | 1 c (1/2 pt) | 2 c whipped |
Egg whites | 8 – 10 | 1 c |
Egg Yolks | 12 – 13 | 1 c |
Flour | 1 lb | 4 c |
Garlic | 1 clove | ½ tsp minced |
Lemon | 1 med | 3 – 4 tbsp juice |
Lemon | 1 med | 1 tsp zest |
Noodles | ¼ lb (2 cups) | 2 /12 c cooked |
Onion | 1 med | ½ c diced |
Orange | 1 med | 1/3 c juice |
Orange | 1 med | 2 tsp zest |
Pasta (macaroni, penne, shells, ziti) | 1 c dry | 2 + c cooked |
Pasta (Spaghetti, linguine, fettuccine) | 1” dia bunch | 4 c cooked |
Peas (in pod) | 1 lb | 1 c cooked |
Potatoes | 1 lb (3 med) | 2 ½ c diced |
Raisins | 1 lb | 3 c |
Rice | 1 c dry | 4 c cooked |
Strawberries | 1 qt | 4 c sliced |
Strawberries | 1 pt | 2 c sliced |
Sugar, Brown | 1 lb | 2 ¼ c |
Sugar, granulated | 1 lb | 2 c |
Sugar, powdered | 1 lb | 4 c |
Tomato | 1 med | 1 c chopped |
Walnuts | 1 lb w/shells | 2 c shelled |
Zucchini | 1 med | 2 c sliced |