Any tips for soft food measurement
Becky
Hope this helps!
A Guide To Portions
Bread, Rice, Cereal, Pasta Group
Item | Serving Size | Portion Size |
Bagel | 1/2 Bagel | 6 oz. Can tuna, hockey puck |
Rice | 1/2 Cup | Cupcake wrapper |
Potato | 1 Medium | Computer mouse |
Pancake | 1 Pancake | 1 Pancake |
Pasta | 1/2 Cup, cooked | 1 Ice cream scoop, 32 raw spaghetti strands |
Muffin | 1 Small | Light bulb |
Fruit Group
Item | Serving Size | Portion Size |
Fresh fruit | 1 Medium; 1 Cup, chopped | Tennis Ball, your fist, 1 baseball |
Dried fruit | 1/4 Cup | Golf ball, large egg |
Vegetable Group
Item | Serving Size | Portion Size |
Vegetables | 1 Cup raw; 1/2 Cup cooked | 1 Baseball, 1 Ice cream scoop |
Milk, Cheese, Yogurt Group
Item | Serving Size | Portion Size |
Fat free milk & yogurt | 1 Cup | Regulation take out cup |
Low fat cheese | 1 Ounce | Pair of dice, thumb |
Meat, Poultry, Fish Group
Item | Serving Size | Portion Size |
Poultry, red meat | 3 Ounce | Computer mouse, palm minus fingers |
Fish | 3 Ounce | Checkbook |
Nuts | 1 Ounce | One handful |
Fats, Sweets, Oils Group
Item | Serving Size | Portion Size |
Butter, oils, mayo | 1 Teaspoon | Quarter, thumb tip, postage stamp |
Reduced calorie mayo | 1 Tablespoons | 2 Tea bags |
Salad dressing | 1 Tablespoon | Thumb tip |
Peanut butter | 2 Tablespoons | Ping pong ball |
Pretzels | 1 Ounce | Handful |
French fries | 10 Fries | 10 Pen caps |
Ice cream | 1/2 Cup | Tennis ball |
Slice of cake | 3" by 3" | Stack of post-it-notes |
