I often cook myself pasta for lunch. I am pretty good about measure out smaller pasta such as bow tie or elbow but when it comes to measuring out dry spaghetti noodles I ALWAYS struggle. I swear I always make more than I need (but I eat it anyway). I found the following tip on EHow.com. It is seems like an easy way to remember portion size.
When you have adults for dinner, the portions vary considerably for measuring spaghetti. Since the pasta gets a bit thicker after it is cooked, the measuring can be offered to the people or you can just decide for them yourself.
Thoroughly wash hands for 2 or 3 minutes with an antibacterial soap and rinse before touching food. After removing the spaghetti from the box or plastic wrapper, hold it in between the index finger and the thumb
After removing the spaghetti from the box or plastic wrapper, hold it in between the index finger and the thumb making a circle around the pasta. For each adult consider a portion about the size of a nickle. For the larger appetite make a portion of either 2 nickles or a quarter.Children's portions are considered adequate if you measure each to have the size of a dime.If pasta is not the main dish you can consider smaller for each person. When you ask someone to tell them which size portion they want; ask them in terms of these coins for validation. Before you know it, everyone will be in tune to this measure for spaghetti.
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