Spaghetti Situation
 

I think a serving of spaghetti is 2 oz. However, when I make spaghetti, it's not just for me....how do I figure out how much 2 oz is? Do I weigh it on a scale? Is there a way of eyeballing it?

Currently, I use a salad plate ( bigger than a saucer, smaller than the dinner plate.). If i put the noodles on the plate, and kind of flatten them, they take up about seventy five percent of the space.

I really like spaghetti, but I'm wondering if I'm undoing my points efforts with out realizing it.


thanks

For regular spaghetti, one cup is 4 points.

2 ounces DRY is a serving which depending on shape and how much water is soaked into could be between 1 to 1 1/2 cups.

I use Barilla Plus (high fiber but not whole wheat and tastes like white) and I get between 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 cups for 3 points.

I eat whole wheat spaghetti. I just wasn't sure about actually putting it in a cup. Not sure why...but that would be much easier for me than trying to measure it dry and then mix it in w/ everyone else's spaghetti.

THanks much

I just bought one of these to help.
http://www.alwaysbrilliant.com/?PID=...O098&SC=98077V
the points will be based on the serving size on the box

If you're making a whole box (1 lb) of pasta for your family, then that's a total of 32 points for regular pasta and 24 whole wheat pasta. Then you can take your portion from there.

I honestly don't like measuring anyting with cups unless it's liquid like milk. Or say something like flour, uncooked rice, juices and things like that which don't have room for error.

Like Kelly said, cooked pasta can vary depending on how long you cooked it. And a cup of cooked pasta to me, could probably look different to someone else.

What I normally do when I cook is I break down the points of the entire recipe then weigh the whole thing when I'm done and figure out points per oz. It's a lot of work, but after a while I have my "staple" recipes that I make a lot and I only need to do that the 1st time around. After that I just follow the recipe and I already know how much each oz is. It's probably too much for other people, but it works for me. :)

Good luck! :)