Below you will find some great food 'equivalents'.
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Recipe Ingredient |
Measurement Required |
Rounded off Equivalent |
BREAD & CRUMBS Soft Bread Crumbs |
1 cup (250 ml) |
2 slices |
bread cubes |
1 cup (250 ml) |
2 slices |
fine graham cracker crumbs |
1 cup (250 ml) |
14 square crackers |
fine vanilla wafer crumbs |
1 cup (250 ml) |
22 wafers |
DAIRY butter or margarine |
1 pound (454 g) |
2 cups (500ml) or 4 sticks |
heavy or whipping cream |
1 cup (250 ml) |
2 cups whipped (500 ml) |
cream cheese |
8 oz (250 ml) |
1 cup (250 ml) |
Swiss or Cheddar cheese |
1 pound (454 g) |
4 cups shredded (1 L) |
blue cheese, crumbled |
4 oz (125 g) |
1 cup (250 ml) |
Parmesan or Romano cheese |
4 oz (125 g) |
1 & a 1/4 cups grated (300 ml) |
DRIED LEGUMES dried beans or peas |
1 cup (250 ml) |
2 & a 1/4 cups cooked (550 ml) |
FRUIT apples |
1 pound (500 g) |
3 medium |
bananas |
1 pound (454 g) |
3 medium |
lemon |
1 medium |
3 tablespoons of juice (50 ml) |
orange |
1 medium |
1/3 to 1/2 cup juice (75 to125 ml) |
HERBS fresh herbs |
1 tablespoon (15 ml) |
1 teaspoondried (5 ml) |
PASTA elbow macaroni, uncooked |
8 oz (250 g) |
4 cups cooked (1 L) |
spaghetti, uncooked |
8 oz (250 g) |
4 cups cooked (1 L) |
medium noodles, uncooked |
8 oz (250 g) |
3 & 3/4 cups cooked (900 ml) |
RICE regular long-grain rice, uncooked |
1 cup (250 ml) |
3 cups cooked (750 ml) |
quick-cooking rice, uncooked |
1 cup (250 ml) |
2 cups cooked (500 ml) |
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