Cooking Measurements and Equivalents

How many times have you been looking at a recipe only to find that the ingredients are labeled in pounds, fresh, smidgen, or even ounces? Does it throw you off balance as to what measurement is actually needed? Probably. That is because we, as a society, are so accustomed to reading recipes where the measurements are given in cups, tablespoons, canned, teaspoons, etc.

Although a glass measuring cup will help you determine ounces to cups and even provide you with measurements in metric, it unfortunately does not tell you how to convert a recipe from a canned item to a fresh item.

Well, you do not have to rack your brain guessing how many cups of flour is in a pound, what size orange is needed for 2 tablespoons of peel, what size bag of frozen equates to one cup of fresh, what size apple achieves 1 cup of sliced, how many sticks of butter equals 1 cup, how many pieces of fresh bread you need to gain a cup of bread crumbs or what size can is needed for 1-1/2 cups of fresh because below is an easy measurement guide to help you.

Hint: Print the list and put it in the refrigerator for easy access

Sometimes you get lucky and the equivalent is printed right on the bag.