[maezy1]

How do you measure the cauliflower for the rice? before you grate it up? after its grated and raw? after it's cooked? Yes, I am very strict and measure everything carefully. I have a great dinner planned for tonight and want to make sure that I don't go overboard on the veggies

[AmberMae]

i believe it is before grated thats what i do

[scorbett1103]

I measure before grating, I cut into 1 inch pieces and then measure before running them thru my food processor. I usually do a whole head at a time. Then I measure what I have after processing, and figure out what a 1 cup portion would be equal to.

[maezy1]

thx!

[kaplods]

Since I weighed and measured the cauliflower I used for cauliflower fried rice the other day, I can tell you that

1 cup of raw cauliflower florets weighs about 100g

100g of grated raw cauliflower (after grating) measures about 1/2 cup


I always use a weight measure for my veggies. I did this even when I was following an exchange plan. I'll measure the standard serving according to the plan I'm following and will jot down the weight measure so that I can just use the weight measure next time (this way I don't usually have to dirty a measuring cup - and for raw veggies don't have to worry about the difference in dice or cut size, because the smaller the pieces, the more food that will fit in a cup).

When I look calorie counts up online I always check by weight measure, because I don't know if my idea of a "medium bell pepper" is the same size as the calorie counting source - but if a gram weight is given, I can calculate the calorie count much more easily (whether I want to eat my whole bell pepper or if I want to measure out the same weight as the calorie counting resource).

I LOVE my food scale.

[maezy1]

Originally Posted by kaplods

Since I weighed and measured the cauliflower I used for cauliflower fried rice the other day, I can tell you that

1 cup of raw cauliflower florets weighs about 100g

100g of grated raw cauliflower (after grating) measures about 1/2 cup


I always use a weight measure for my veggies. I did this even when I was following an exchange plan. I'll measure the standard serving according to the plan I'm following and will jot down the weight measure so that I can just use the weight measure next time (this way I don't usually have to dirty a measuring cup - and for raw veggies don't have to worry about the difference in dice or cut size, because the smaller the pieces, the more food that will fit in a cup).

When I look calorie counts up online I always check by weight measure, because I don't know if my idea of a "medium bell pepper" is the same size as the calorie counting source - but if a gram weight is given, I can calculate the calorie count much more easily (whether I want to eat my whole bell pepper or if I want to measure out the same weight as the calorie counting resource).

I LOVE my food scale.

I agree about what makes up a medium size veggie or anything for that matter! I used to think a serving of cookies =a box! I need the specifics that's what I love about this program; does and dont's and very specific!