Cooking Measurement Equivalents and Substitutions
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Substituting Fresh Herbs for Dried Herbs:
Using fresh herbs is not only a healthier choice, it also tastes better! The only challenge we've found is that most recipes call for dried herbs and without a conversion guide it becomes a guessing game as to how much should be used. A good rule of thumb is to use a 3:1 ratio for fresh herbs replacing dried. Dried herbs have almost no moisture in them, so they are more dense and take up less space.
Example: When the recipe calls fpr one teaspoon of dried herbs, use 3 teaspoons of fresh herbs in its place.
Basic Substitutions for Dried Herbs:
| Use: | If the recipe calls for: |
| 1/3 C fresh onion | 1/4 C onion flakes |
| 1/2 t minced garlic | 1/4 t dried garlic |
| 1 clove garlic | 1/8 t garlic powder |
| 1/2 C bell pepper | 1/4 C dried bell pepper |
| 1/2 C diced celery | 1/4 C dried celery flakes |
| 1/2 C celery, onion, peppers or carrots | 1/4 C mixed vegetable flakes |
| 1/2-1 C parsley | 1/4 C dried parsley |
| 1/2 C chopped fresh ginger | 1/4 t ground ginger |
| 1/4 C chopped mint | 1 t dried mint |
| 1 t lemon or orange peel, grated | 1 t dried orange/lemon peel or 1/2 t extract |
Cooking Measurement Equivalents
The information below shows measuring equivalents for teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, pints, fluid ounces, and more. This page also includes the conversions for metric and U.S. systems of measurement.
| 1 tablespoon (tbsp) = | 3 teaspoons (tsp) |
| 1/16 cup = | 1 tablespoon |
| 1/8 cup = | 2 tablespoons |
| 1/6 cup = | 2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons |
| 1/4 cup = | 4 tablespoons |
| 1/3 cup = | 5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon |
| 3/8 cup = | 6 tablespoons |
| 1/2 cup = | 8 tablespoons |
| 2/3 cup = | 10 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons |
| 3/4 cup = | 12 tablespoons |
| 1 cup = | 48 teaspoons |
| 1 cup = | 16 tablespoons |
| 8 fluid ounces (fl oz) = | 1 cup |
| 1 pint (pt) = | 2 cups |
| 1 quart (qt) = | 2 pints |
| 4 cups = | 1 quart |
| 1 gallon (gal) = | 4 quarts |
| 16 ounces (oz) = | 1 pound (lb) |
| 1 milliliter (ml) = | 1 cubic centimeter (cc) |
| 1 inch (in) = | 2.54 centimeters (cm) |
U.S.–Metric Cooking Conversions
U.S. to Metric
| Capacity | Weight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/5 teaspoon | 1 milliliter | 1 oz | 28 grams |
| 1 teaspoon | 5 ml | 1 pound | 454 grams |
| 1 tablespoon | 15 ml | ||
| 1 fluid oz | 30 ml | ||
| 1/5 cup | 47 ml | ||
| 1 cup | 237 ml | ||
| 2 cups (1 pint) | 473 ml | ||
| 4 cups (1 quart) | .95 liter | ||
| 4 quarts (1 gal.) | 3.8 liters | ||
Metric to U.S.
| Capacity | Weight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 milliliter | 1/5 teaspoon | 1 gram | .035 ounce |
| 5 ml | 1 teaspoon | 100 grams | 3.5 ounces |
| 15 ml | 1 tablespoon | 500 grams | 1.10 pounds |
| 100 ml | 3.4 fluid oz | 1 kilogram | 2.205 pounds = 35 ounces |
| 240 ml | 1 cup | ||
| 1 liter | 34 fluid oz = 4.2 cups = 2.1 pints = 1.06 quarts = 0.26 gallon | ||
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