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Originally Posted by LOSINGFORGOOD2010
for sure you do NOT weigh 2 cups of veggies... you do not go by weight. some veggies are heavier than others. I do use my kitchen scale to weigh any meats/seafood I eat. I use a measuring cup to measure cut up veggies.
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hi Losingforgood! that website is actually really accurate on how much a cup of (blank) would weigh. for instance, turnips are a heavy vegetable, so a cup of raw turnips weighs 130 grams. celery is not as heavy in weight, so a cup of chopped raw celery weighs 101 grams. this website is done by the Agricultural Research Service on USDA foods, so it is both accurate and reliable. you can not always cut up vegetables to measure them. what if you want to cook a portabella mushroom whole? well, this website says that a cup of portabella weighs 86 grams. now you know how much you are cooking! it's not just for meat.