[Micki k]

I love the whole grain pastas, and love that some of them count as a power food.
I'm confused whether I should weigh my pasta dry or cooked.
I have the point value for a serving, but the box doesnt say if that is cooked or not. And it definitely weighs more cooked.

[texscrapper]

This always confuses me too! I weigh it dry though.

[tinamparker]

I was really confused about this also. And I weigh my pasta before I cook it because I feel like I am weighing water if I weight it after it is cooked. And it seems to be working so far and I cook alot of pasta as I am engaged to an Italitian

[nancylmrn]

I weigh it before I cook it 2oz is one serving I beleive. I have also been known to measure/weigh the whole package and put them in serving size baggies so I can quickly grab a small bag and cook it and not have to worry about it

[Tudor Rose]

I weigh it dry.

Actually, nancy, that's a brilliant idea about weighing it all out into individual bags like that.

[chipper15173]

most pasta is double the dry weight when cooked. so 2 oz dry will be 4 oz cooked. this is what i do. hope this helps

[mikava]

My advice: weight it cooked AND with sauce, take a photo and upload it to some nutrition site to have it measured by some expert

[Micki k]

Thanks all. Dry it is. Love the portioned bag idea too! Brilliant! Thats why I love 3fc. I get all my best tips here!

[QuilterInVA]

Here's a tip for those of you cooking pasta for the family. Use a metal colander to cook your serving of pasta in the same pot as theirs. Just suspend it so your serving is in the water. No guessing how to weigh it when it is done. All my pasta boxes say a serving is 2 oz. dry so that's how I weigh it. Weighing it after cooking is too iffy because how much water is absorbed depends on how long you cook it.

[Munchy]

Originally Posted by QuilterInVA

Here's a tip for those of you cooking pasta for the family. Use a metal colander to cook your serving of pasta in the same pot as theirs. Just suspend it so your serving is in the water. No guessing how to weigh it when it is done. All my pasta boxes say a serving is 2 oz. dry so that's how I weigh it. Weighing it after cooking is too iffy because how much water is absorbed depends on how long you cook it.

I love this tip! I don't make pasta for a crowd very often, but if I do, I'm using it!

For 2oz dry:
Usually large pasta (ziti, penne, bowties, etc) are about 1 cup cooked.
Smaller pasta (elbows, mini shapes, etc) are closer to 3/4 cup cooked

I find that spaghetti and fettuccine are sometimes even a little less than 3/4 cup.

[ILovePink]

I weight it dry and then count how many pieces they are so when its cooked I just know how many pieces of noodle I should have! If I have spaghetti noodles I just cook it in my own little pot.

[Sallyannb]

It was my understanding by my WW leader that the pasta points count was via cooked in their books. So I measure mine after it is cooked.