The actual weight of different types of produce
Although quite a few recipes talk about using a bunch of thyme, a lot of people don’t understand how much thyme is actually in the bunch. Considering that a lot of people grow their own thyme and make bunches of different sizes out of it and each store has its own preferred weight for these …
You might have come across recipes that call for a bunch of mint, two ounces of mint, or even half a cup of chopped mint leaves, but do you actually know how much mint will fit in an ounce, a cup, or a bunch? It might become pretty hard to cook something if you don’t …
How much Mint is in a Bunch? – Chopped Leaves or Loosely Packed Leaves Read More »
I’m sure it is as frustrating for you as it is for me to try a recipe you know nothing about and not understand the quantities of the ingredients and how much of each you will need from the store. Take chocolate for example: In some recipes, you will find a whole description of what …
How Much Chocolate in a Pound? – Grated, Melted, or Chips Read More »
You have surely come across recipes that would call for either 1/2 cup of sliced green onions or one cup of chopped green onions. It’s not always very clear how many green onions will fit in a cup. This is why as we’ve already done in the past, we took it upon ourselves to do …
How much Sliced Green Onions, With or Without Tops, are in a Bunch? Read More »
There are a few different recipes calling for the usage of butternut squash but a lot of people have a really hard time figuring out how much squash to purchase, especially if they are newbies. For example, some recipes of soup will call for mashed squash, while others will require either two cups of cooked …
How Many Cups, Cubes or Pureed Sauce in a Butternut Squash? Read More »
Most recipes you will stumble upon will either can for blackberries in ounces (so by weight) or in cups (so by volume), but what do these actually mean in the end? How many blackberries will you actually find in a pound or a cup? As we did for so many products before, we took it …
You might have stumbled upon recipes that call for a bunch of cilantro, but a lot of people don’t know how much cilantro will fit in a bunch. And truth be told, for someone that isn’t an experienced chef, this information might be hard to find. The term “bunch” means different sizes depending on the …
How Much is a Bunch of Cilantro, Chopped or Packed? Read More »
A lot of people have a really hard time figuring out how much cheese they’d need for a recipe or another. They find it really hard to understand how much cheese to buy when the recipe calls for either a cup of cubbed cheese or a cup of shredded cheese. In the end, it will …
How Much Shredded or Cubed Cheese is in a Pound? Read More »
It happens very often for people to start working around a complicated recipe and end up at some point not knowing how much of an ingredient or another to purchase. In the case of blueberries, you’ll have some recipes calling for a certain weight, say for example 5 ounces, and other recipes that would require …
You’ve probably had recipes that called for the use of cabbage and ended up asking yourself how many cabbage heads are in a cup or how many cups you’ll get from a certain quantity of cabbage. We took it on us to make things easier for you when cooking, so we did the experiments that …
