How Much Dry Pasta Do I Need???

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So, once again I made the GG's Mac-N-Cheese and ended up with leftover pasta, like a lot...

I took out one of my delivery cartons and found that 1/3 cup of cooked pasta fills up one of the side holders. I counted those, they're elbows, and that was 50 pieces and they weighed 46 grams. We'll call it 45 for now.

I then counted out 50 pieces of dry elbows and they weighed 15 grams.

To sum it up:
Dried elbows absorb 3x their weight in water. A serving is 56 grams, cooked. So, a cooked serving of elbow pasta would require 18 grams of dry elbows and take up (rounding up slightly) 0.4 cups of volume.

No more ziplock bags of leftover pasta! 🤠
 
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It's important to weigh your dry pasta. I use 56 grams (2 oz.) of any style dry pasta per 1 serving needed. Works out well for me. So 56 grams/2 oz. dry pasta multiplied by number of servings required.
 
msmofet said:
I use 56 grams (2 oz.) of any style dry pasta per 1 serving. Works out well for me. So 2 oz./56 grams dry pasta multiplied by number of servings needed.
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That's what the box says but when I add cheese, onions, sauce, whatever, I end up with too much pasta. Knowing my final volume, 1/3 cup total, I can cook the amount I need. I ended up with 1/2 gallon ziplock bag of elbows leftover trying to make Mac n cheese for 6 people using 2 oz per serving.
 
Barriehie said:
That's what the box says but when I add cheese, onions, sauce, whatever, I end up with too much pasta. Knowing my final volume, 1/3 cup total, I can cook the amount I need. I ended up with 1/2 gallon ziplock bag of elbows leftover trying to make Mac n cheese for 6 people using 2 oz per serving.
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Then maybe use 28 grams/1 oz. dry pasta per serving.
 
Barriehie said:
That's what the box says but when I add cheese, onions, sauce, whatever, I end up with too much pasta. Knowing my final volume, 1/3 cup total, I can cook the amount I need. I ended up with 1/2 gallon ziplock bag of elbows leftover trying to make Mac n cheese for 6 people using 2 oz per serving.
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Maybe freeze cooked mac and cheese l/o's in single portions. Then thaw what you need.
 
A standard measure for dried pasta is 125 gms (that's about 4 ounces) over here.
That's what I measure out, every time I serve dried pasta, for each person.
I'd point out that 125 gms is a "full"serving;ie. I wouldn't be eating anything else (except maybe a side salad) for lunch/dinner.
If you were having an Italian feast (ie. family lunch), that amount would probably go down to 80 gms, because you have to fit in the antipasto, the pasta, the fish, the meat and the dessert.:D:D
 
As stated earlier, there are things being added to the pasta so the "full serving", as stated on the box, is an erroneous number in regards to the mass of food being consumed...
 
karadekoolaid said:
A standard measure for dried pasta is 125 gms (that's about 4 ounces) over here.
That's what I measure out, every time I serve dried pasta, for each person.
I'd point out that 125 gms is a "full"serving;ie. I wouldn't be eating anything else (except maybe a side salad) for lunch/dinner.
If you were having an Italian feast (ie. family lunch), that amount would probably go down to 80 gms, because you have to fit in the antipasto, the pasta, the fish, the meat and the dessert.:D:D
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That's an insane amount of carbs!!! 🫣
 
I don't really worry about it and just eyeball, since we usually want leftovers to have for lunch the next day. But, around 2 to 3 ounces of dry pasta each is about right for Mrs. GH and I. My college kid, on the other hand, can eat a half pound of spaghetti, no problem, yet he's pretty lean and fit. I used to eat like that, but both that kind of appetite and that metabolism have long since sailed.
 
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