On this page you'll find the 'equivalent' of foods such as soft bread crumbs = if 1 cup is required you will need the equivalent of 2 slices of bread. Get it??? I hope so and I hope this chart is useful to you.
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| Recipe Ingredient | Measurement Required | Rounded off Equivalent |
| BREAD & CRUMBS Soft Bread Crumbs |
1 cup (250 ml) | 2 slices |
| bread cubes | 1 cup (250 ml) | 2 slices |
| fine graham cracker crumbs | 1 cup (250 ml) | 14 square crackers |
| fine vanilla wafer crumbs | 1 cup (250 ml) | 22 wafers |
| DAIRY butter or margarine |
1 pound (454 g) | 2 cups (500ml) or 4 sticks |
| heavy or whipping cream | 1 cup (250 ml) | 2 cups whipped (500 ml) |
| cream cheese | 8 oz (250 ml) | 1 cup (250 ml) |
| Swiss or Cheddar cheese | 1 pound (454 g) | 4 cups shredded (1 L) |
| blue cheese, crumbled | 4 oz (125 g) | 1 cup (250 ml) |
| Parmesan or Romano cheese | 4 oz (125 g) | 1 & a 1/4 cups grated (300 ml) |
| DRIED LEGUMES dried beans or peas |
1 cup (250 ml) | 2 & a 1/4 cups cooked (550 ml) |
| FRUIT apples |
1 pound (500 g) | 3 medium |
| bananas | 1 pound (454 g) | 3 medium |
| lemon | 1 medium | 3 tablespoons of juice (50 ml) |
| orange | 1 medium | 1/3 to 1/2 cup juice (75 to125 ml) |
| HERBS fresh herbs |
1 tablespoon (15 ml) | 1 teaspoondried (5 ml) |
| PASTA elbow macaroni, uncooked |
8 oz (250 g) | 4 cups cooked (1 L) |
| spaghetti, uncooked | 8 oz (250 g) | 4 cups cooked (1 L) |
| medium noodles, uncooked | 8 oz (250 g) | 3 & 3/4 cups cooked (900 ml) |
| RICE regular long-grain rice, uncooked |
1 cup (250 ml) | 3 cups cooked (750 ml) |
| quick-cooking rice, uncooked | 1 cup (250 ml) | 2 cups cooked (500 ml) |
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