Just a super quick question about salad dressing: I use the cap of the salad dressing bottle to measure out 2 tbsp of dressing(runs about 35-45 calories with the brand I buy). Is a cap about a tbsp?

Probably every salad dressing cap will hold a different volume. If you don't like measuring dressing the conventional way, why not take a tablespoon measuring spoon, fill it with water, and see how many tablespoons it takes to fill up your cap?

I am not sure. I use a measuring spoon myself though admitedly, I just recently started doing so. Before I was doing an "eye" measure..my eyes are much bigger than I thought!

I eyeball it. But the dressing I use is only 10 cal for 2 tbsp so I really don't care if i go over a bit

It's easier to just use a tablespoon measure rather than the cap, I think. And less messy!

Jay

Yeah, I just use a tablespoon measure. Like Aclai says, though, mine is pretty low-cal so it doesn't matter so much if I go over by a dab.

Our tbsp/tsp measuring set has gone AWOL so that's why I'm asking

I have four different salad dressings in my refrigerator, and each has a different sized cap. One holds at least 2 tablespoons (a large bottle of ranch dressing) and one doesn't even hold a teaspoon.

If you have a cup measure with ounces on it, two tablespoons would be an ounce. A quarter cup measure would contain 8 tablespoons, so you can measure out capfuls of water into the measuring cup, to estimate it's size.

Another option, is using regular spoons from your silverware drawer. The smaller one is usually about a tsp, and the larger one, is usually about a tbs (in fact, they're usually also called teaspoons and tablespoons). They're not as precise as the measuring spoons, but they'll probably be more accurate than the salad dressing cap.

I use a food scale. Put bowl with lettuce on scale, tare it, add salad dressing.

Easy, and nothing extra to wash!

Well, that's easy to fix! You can get them cheaply in any store. Buy two or three sets and hide a couple.

Jay

hmmmmm... can that math be right?

Bill, there are indeed 16 tablespoons in a cup so a quarter cup is 4 tablespoons.

I own four sets of measuring spoons and cups because I use them so frequently!

That math is not right. 1/4 cup = 4 TBS = 2 ounces (fluid ounces). I just measured it out in my own little kitchen.

Jay

Hi, Meg!

Jay

Good morning, Jay!