How much is one portion of pasta?

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I always struggle with pasta to know how much to cook for the average portion. I've heard conflicting answers some say 50g of dried is a portion and some say 100g is the perfect portion.

So please answer my really boring question, how much pasta do you cook per person? Thank you

I usually weigh 60g of spaghetti each for spag bol and 75g each for a pasta bake/ pasta salad. There are two of us usually and that always seems to give plenty. I do use wholewheat pasta though so not sure if that makes a difference ( either to dry weight or fullness when eating)

500g for four if pasta is the main dish.

A 500g bag feeds 6 people

75g

Wow in this house it’s 250g for four though younger ds doesn’t eat much.

75g for me, c100g for DH and 200g each for 17,18 yo boys. Tall thin and v sporty.

I just bung what looks like the right amount into the pan. It ends up either enough to feed 2 small cats, or enough to feed 12 bison.

I’m surprised by how little, on the whole, a portion is for posters.

I Hadn’t thought that we eat big portions at all, I eat the smallest, then teenage DS and DH probably eat about the same. I weight it and close to 300g is what I’d cook for all three of us.

I never get this right. The portions printed on the pack are usually too large for us so I try to do it by eye. A handful of macaroni each is right for me and DD and I remember measuring spaghetti once and finding that out optimum amount was 2oz per person (this seemed to even out well across the 2 adult men and me and DD!).

Any other pasta shape and I always get it wrong.

TBH it depends on what balance of pasta v sauce you like.

200g for 2 adults and 4yr old, often have a bit left over (enough for a small lunch portion). People need different amounts of food depending on age, height and activity. Tbh if you can eat loads and maintain a healthy weight, thats a win.

My Mum taught me '2 oz per person' which I think is about 55 g. That's what I did when I left home and was slim. Now I do 75-100 g and I'm not slim 🤔

I also genuinely used to think stir fry didn't need noodles, just veg and protein.

100g of fusilli per adult in our house, half that for each (small) child. Though the children are massive pasta fans and I suspect they encroach on the adult portions...

For me as much as I'd like to eat

60-70g for me. For strapping teen DS probably double that!

50g for me I've always liked more topping than the pasta, veggie bolognese or a vegetable sauce I have masses of that in comparison

For a main evening meal for me and dh, I cook roughly 100g each, but we rarely have any pudding/dessert.

😂 same!

We do 100g each but then there’s a bit leftover to freeze which is handy because middle child doesn’t like potatoes really, still often do him a portion of pasta instead.
Weighing is easier than 10 or more handfuls. I also don’t trust my handful size.

I do 50g for lunch, 75g for dinner.

I saw on TV once that a mug was a good measure for shaped pasta like penne. I have a mug that, when weighed, holds 80g of pasta, so I use that. One mug full per person.

That said, if we have garlic bread with our pasta, two mugs (and a little handful for luck) will do us both for dinner and me for lunch the next day.

But it varies with pasta shape too! I know that 2 handfuls of fusilli is right for me and DD. DH and DS have 3.
But Penne and rigatoni are just empty tubes so probably need a bit more,.
And the butterfly shapes are really hard to get a handful of so more again.
And how can you do a handful of spaghetti?

Same. I’d be ravenous if it was 60g!

I wouldn't read the packet either. Chocolate tells you one row is a portion. It most definitely is not!

If it is just with a sauce, so Mac and cheese then 100g

If it is with a load of veggies like onion, pepper and tomato and veggie mince or Bolognese ,cooked with pasta added, then 75g

If it is a mixed raw salad type thing so fresh onions, peppers, tomatoes etc and a dressing as a side, then 50g

I always weight my rice and pasta and since doing that never have any issues with cooking too much or little.

DS eats the entire amount left in the pack if he cooks for himself.

I do about 100g per adult if we are hungry and it is a light sauce. More like 75-80 for a substantial sauce.