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that is a great idea about weighing a pot before and after a dinner is cooked..... I make this casserole that my family loves.... I know it is a little heavy but I could never figure out how much it makes since it was a recipe built for a church outreach that my son tried and loved so it is now a family favorite...
so basically I would weigh the finished product and then weigh a cup of the same item and get a good idea ...
for example, the level cup weighs 5 oz and the whole dinner after I finish cooking weighs 100 oz or 6.25 lbs, then I have 20 servings in the whole pot.... I just have to remember to preweigh and post weigh the food and then I will be able to figure servings sizes so much easier
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| little kitchen scales are great for that. you can weight the plate and "zero" it then add to food to get ounces.
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ALLBYMYONESIES
8/12/07 12:48 P
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I can do that with things like salads (and I think I will - thanks for the suggestion), but it doesn't work so well for more solid things that shouldn't really be broken up in advance, does it?
Thanks!
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| have you tried serving [or dividing] your total recipe with a measuring cup or metered ladle?
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| Thanks for the suggestion.
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It would be nice if you could put in that it serves six and it would tell you the serving size in ounces or cups, some kind of measurement.
Generally what I do if it doesn't tell me what the serving size is, is to weight the pan before I cook it (empty) and then weight it again after I cook it. Then I subtract the weight of the pan which leaves me with the weight of the food only. Then I take the weight of the food and divid by the number of servings. And then I have the serving size. Simple as pie.
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ALLBYMYONESIES
8/8/07 7:26 P
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I've seen elsewhere that people don't know what constitutes a serving when viewing recipes, and I both have that problem and have a problem figuring out what should be a serving size in my own recipes. Perhaps if there were an option to put measurements instead of servings, it would be easier? For example, for a pasta salad recipe, you could have options to calculate servings, ounces, or cups. That would help me a TON.
Thanks!
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