serving sizes and recipes we post on chow
i wonder how many people follow the recipes portion size on stuff found here
we always find to feed real appetites we make the recipes between 1 1/2 bigger to double it depending on if other thinks are going with it or if it is the whole meal
we find most portion sizes (serves 4) aka 3 mouthfuls is not enough
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re: foodperv
alwayscooking
Mar 30, 2009 02:54 PM
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Likely not, while half a main meal recipe usually lasts three or four plates for me, I typically serve 2 veggies and a starch along with it so things get stretched out - a like vareity on a plate. (This is daily family cooking and not entertaining)
If you're healthy, fit and trim, no worries! Sounds like you know how your family eats and adjust to accommodate it.
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Will Owen
Mar 30, 2009 11:10 AM
I think this depends very much on whether one considers two ounces of something an adequate serving, or "Not enough to fill a holler tooth!" as my granny used to say. When we were doing Weight Watchers many years ago we had to eat from salad plates just to feel properly fed. I must say that the "serves four" test recipe from Cook's Illustrated that I cooked last week made nearly six good servings as a side dish, and we served ourselves fairly generously.
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I also generally find that recipes make much more than they say, on the web, in cookbooks, everywhere. I once made an "8-serving" recipe of red beans and rice, planning to have leftovers. Well I did - I ended up with about 16 servings. Every container I had was full. The exception to this is cookies. I must make mine bigger than everyone else's, because I usually only get half of the recipe estimate.
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food, must disagree with you. We have found exactly the opposite. If a recipe describes that it serves 4, it will be at least 2 meals for us and each will have a nice lunch (or 6 servings). The food magazine recipes are even worse -- 1 lb of pasta with sauce and protein indicates 4 servings; for us it is 8 servings.
