To think a fresh ravioli 'for two' pack from the supermarket barely does one person?

[Bumpandkind]

Or am I just greedy? Just finished a waitrose mushroom filled ravioli pack for two in about 5 minutes flat. This is not unusual. Apart from breastfeeding I've no excuse for big eating. I'm neither big nor small (10-12). Does anyone genuinely share these?

[OneLittleToddleTerror]

I usually have one pack of the waitrose one between DH and I. But I always make a cheese sauce and a salad to go with it. And I am a very small eater. I only need a main when eating out. I eat about 2-3 slices of Pizza Hut pizzas. I think maybe waitrose based the serving size on petite woman

[oliviaoctopus]

I just pour jar sauce on. Im not as fancy as some of these although they sound very nice!

[MaryWestmacott]

I would say that half of those packs is fine for a meal - even more so if you add side salad. And no, I wouldn't feel the need to add a sauce or lots of other ingredients to make it a meal, I'd normally just add balsamic vinegar, a bit of olive oil and some fresh basil (I thought the point of these packs is that it's basically instant food).

I guess different people have different ideas of acceptable portion size, and different amounts they need to feel full, which is why some people struggle more than others with their weight and dieting, what would feel like a perfectly reasonable amount of food to me might feel like really crap self denial to someone with a larger appitite.

[oliviaoctopus]

I always thought the pack was the portion. Im only 7 and a half stone though at 5 foot 3.

[Bunbaker]

A 300g pack of ravioli for one

That is a lot of pasta

[oliviaoctopus]

I like the ones like spicy sausage filled or ham and cheese tortellini. They are in 300g packs as just checked. I easily can eat that, which I often do on my lunchbreak. I wouldnt say that was an amount for two.

[Bunbaker]

I think you need to clarify what weight there is in a pack of fresh ravioli as there seems to be a variation in how much you get in a pack.

Tesco ravioli comes in 250g, 300g and 400g packs
Waitrose is in 250g and 350g packs
Morrisons in 250g, 300g and 400g packs
Asda 250g and 300g packs

All according to MySupermarket

OH and I find a 250g pack with a large salad between us plenty to eat. We share a 300g pack between three of us - OH, 13 year old DD and myself. I serve it with pesto, freshly grated parmesan and salad.

If a 250g pack of filled pasta isn't enough with salad/vegetables then you have a very hearty appetite.

[Pollywallywinkles]

One pack for two of us here. Would normally have some salad or vegetables on the side and some Parmesan and a drizzle of olive oil over the pasta.

[ouryve]

It's not something I eat very often, any more, but I always found a pack to be plenty for two people, with lots of sauce and extra veg.

[JohnCusacksWife]

One pack served with olive oil & parmesan and a side salad does my DH and I fine. I find these fresh ravioli/tortellini etc really filling....no way could I eat a whole pack myself.

[Alisvolatpropiis]

I fight?! Take my eyes off my phone for two seconds

I find

[Shonajoy]

The OP is a size 10/12 though, which is slim. I think the portions are tiny and would add salad and a chicken breast if it were for two people, but I don't eat fatty foods like that every day ( I prefer the ricotta one). It's when you eat double portions or more every day, obesity becomes a problem .

[EverythingCounts]

YANBU. Agree with thebitterboy that they're too big for one pack each but not enough to share. Designed to make you buy extras to serve with.

[SinglePringle]

I rarely eat carbs, especially pasta, but would eat half a pack before I were full.

[Alisvolatpropiis]

I fight that portion size fine. My dp less so. We have running issues with portion control re pasta in our house.

[MusicalEndorphins]

Correction. Should have said...
" We try and have 2 vegetables and 1 protein (meat, fish or soy) with the carb. (rice/pasta/potato/bread.)

[MusicalEndorphins]

Carbs should only be 1/4 of the meal. We try and have 2 vegetables and 1 protein (meat, fish or soy). I do break that rule often, but dh never does.

[Tinselt0wn]

I can't eat a whole pack to myself but I agree with you that they seem a bit stingy for 2 if that is your whole meal. Obviously can make it do 2 if you bulk it out with extras but I agree they are more like a 1.5 person serving!

[manicinsomniac]

I don't know what these are but would tend to think that a portion size would be based on something (ie worked out from what we actually need), therefore is, objectively, enough for 2 and shouldn't be dismissed as a 1 or 1.5 serving just because an individual can eat that.

This thread seems like evidence for the theory that we, as a society, don't know what a portion should be anymore and overeat without thinking we are.

That doesn't mean that everybody who does this will be fat as it obviously depends on what else is eaten, activity levels, metabolism and genes etc. But it might help explain why more people are getting fatter.

[MusicalEndorphins]

We (2 of us) have it with fish or chicken, asparagus, and always have a salad before.
Or I drop them into a soup.

[MrsBungle]

Dh and I share a pack with a laid of salad and I'm full!

[galletti]

One pack quite easily serves two here. Bit of tomato based sauce or pesto and veg.

[Topaz25]

I think the suggested serving sizes on supermarket meals are too small.

[Bunbaker]

A 60gm pack of fresh ravioli is stingy. No wonder you need at least one each.

[Mrswellyboot]

60 gms is the amount of parts I have but I absolutely love the stuffed fresh variety and would have no problem eating the lot