Shapes may vary in size according to the manufacturer, so use these measurements as generalizations. One serving size of pasta is just 1/2 cup of cooked pasta.
The Food Guide Pyramid defines 1/2 cup cooked pasta as one serving. If you compare your hand to a plate of cooked pasta with sauce, you'll find that you're probably eating two cups of pasta, which means you're getting three to four servings of low-fat, high carbohydrate pasta in a single meal, at least half the recommended daily amount of grain foods.
8 ounces of uncooked small to medium pasta shapes = 4 cups cooked
8 ounces of uncooked long pasta shapes = 1 1/2-inch diameter bunch = 4 cups cooked
8 ounces of uncooked egg noodles = 2 1/2 cups cooked
Use this trick to measure without a scale:
2 ounces dry spaghetti = the diameter of a quarter
Two ounces of dry long pasta bunched up in your hand, such as spaghetti, thin spaghetti, linguine or vermicelli, is about the same size as the diameter of a quarter. Two ounces of dry pasta yields about 1 cup of cooked pasta (two servings).
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