Food If Your Recipe States You Will Need Approximately
Apples 1 cup sliced or chopped
1 lb		 1 medium (6 oz)
3 medium
Apricots, dried halves 1 cup 5 oz
Asparagus 16 to 20 stalks 1 lb
Bacon 1/2 cup crumbled 8 slices, crisply cooked
Bananas 1 cup sliced
1 cup mashed		 1 medium or 2 small
2 medium
Beans, dried 5 to 6 cups cooked 1 lb dried (2 1/4 cups)
Beans, green or wax 3 cups 1-inch pieces 1 lb
Bread, white 12 slices (1/2 inch)
1 cup soft crumbs
1 cup dry crumbs 		1-lb loaf
1 1/2 slices
4 to 5 slices, oven-dried
Broccoli 1 bunch
2 cups flowerets, 1-inch pieces or chopped		 1 1/2 lb
6 oz
Butter, margarine or spread 2 cups
1/2 cup		 1 lb
1 stick
Cabbage
Green Slaw 		1 medium head
4 cups shredded
7 cups		 1 1/2 lb
1 lb
16 oz
Carrots 1 medium
1 cup shredded
1 cup 1/4-inch slices 		7 inches
1 1/2 medium
2 medium
Cauliflower 1 medium head
3 cups flowerets		 2 lbs (with leaves)
1 lb
Celery 1 medium bunch
1 cup thinly sliced or chopped		 2 lbs (11 inches)
2 medium stalks
Cheese
Hard (such as blue, Cheddar, feta, mozzarella, Swiss), shredded or crumbled 		1 cup 4 oz
Cheese
Cottage		 2 cups 16 oz
Cheese
Cream		 1 cup 8 oz
Chocolate Chips
unsweetened or semisweet baking 		1 cup
1 square or bar		 6 oz
1 oz
Corn, sweet 1 medium ear
1 cup kernels		 8 oz
2 medium ears
Cream
Sour		 1 cup 8 oz
Cream
Whipping (heavy)		 1 cup (2 cups whipped) 1/2 pint
Crumbs, finely crushed
Chocolate wafer cookie		 1 1/2 cups 27 cookies
Crumbs, finely crushed
Graham cracker		 1 1/2 cups 21 squares
Crumbs, finely crushed
Saltine cracker		 1 cup 29 squares
Crumbs, finely crushed
Vanilla wafer cookie		 1 1/2 cups 38 cookies
Eggs,
large Whole		 1 cup
1 egg		 4 large eggs
1/4 cup fat-free cholesterol-free egg product
Flour 3 1/2 cups 1 lb
Garlic 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped 1 medium clove
Jalapeņo chili 1 Tbsp 1 medium, seeded and chopped
Lemons or limes 1 1/2 to 3 tsp grated peel
2 to 3 Tbsp juice		 1 medium
1 medium
Lettuce
Iceberg or romaine		 1 medium head
2 cups shredded
6 cups bite-size pieces		 1 1/2 lb
5 oz
1 lb
Marshmallows 1 large 10 miniature
Meat,
cooked (beef, pork and poultry)		 1 cup chopped or bite-size pieces 6 oz
Mushrooms
Fresh		 6 cups sliced
2 1/2 cups chopped		 1 lb
8 oz
Mushrooms
Canned		 4-oz can sliced, drained 2/3 cup fresh, sliced and cooked (5 oz uncooked)
Nuts (without shells)
Chopped, sliced or slivered		  1 cup 4 oz
Nuts (without shells)
Whole or halves		 3 to 4 cups 1 lb
Olives
Pimiento-stuffed		 1 cup sliced 24 large or 36 small
Olives
Ripe, pitted		 1 cup sliced 32 medium
Onions
Green, with tops		 1 medium
2 Tbsp chopped
1/4 cup sliced		 1/2 oz
2 medium
3 or 4 medium
Onions
Yellow or white		 1 medium
1/2 cup chopped
 3 oz
1 medium
Oranges 1 to 2 Tbsp grated peel
1/3 to 1/2 cup juice		 1 medium
1 medium
Pasta
Macaroni		 4 cups cooked 6 to 7 oz uncooked (2 cups)
Pasta
Noodles, egg		 4 cups cooked 7 oz uncooked (4 to 5 cups)
Pasta
Spaghetti		 4 cups cooked 7 to 8 oz uncooked
Peppers,
bell		 1/2 cup chopped
1 cup chopped
1 1/2 cups chopped		 1 small
1 medium
1 large
Potatoes
New		 10 to 12 small 1 1/2 lb
Potatoes
Red, white, sweet or yams		 1 medium 5 to 6 oz
Potatoes
Red or White		 1 cup 1/2-inch pieces 1 medium
Rice
Brown		 4 cups cooked 1 cup uncooked
Rice
Parboiled (converted)		 3 to 4 cups cooked 1 cup uncooked
Rice
Precooked white (instant)		 2 cups cooked 1 cup uncooked
Rice
Regular long grain		 3 cups cooked 1 cup uncooked
Rice
Wild		 3 cups cooked 1 cup uncooked
Shrimp (uncooked, with shells)
Jumbo		 1 lb 21 to 25 count
Shrimp (uncooked, with shells)
Large		 1 lb 31 to 35 count
Shrimp (uncooked, with shells)
Medium		 1 lb 41 to 45 count
Shrimp (uncooked, with shells)
Small		 1 lb 51 to 60 count
Shrimp (cooked without shells) 1 lb 1 1/3 lb uncooked (with shells)
Sugar
Brown		 2 1/4 cups packed 1 lb
Sugar
Granulated		 2 1/4 cups 1 lb
Sugar
Powdered		 4 cups 1 lb
Tomatoes 3/4 cup chopped (1 medium)
1 cup chopped
1/2 cup chopped		 5 oz
1 large
1 small