These are GUIDES only.

The bread, cereal, rice and pasta group
1 cup of potatoes, rice, pasta – is a tennis ball, ice cream scoop
1 pancake – is a compact disc (CD)
1/2 cup cooked rice – is a cupcake wrapper full
1 piece of cornbread – is a bar of soap
1 slice of bread – is an audiocassette tape
1 cup of pasta, spaghetti, cereal – is a fist
2 cups of cooked pasta – is a full outstretched hand

The vegetable group
1 cup of green salad – is a baseball or a fist
1 baked potato – is a fist
3/4 cup tomato juice – is a small Styrofoam cup
1/2 cup cooked broccoli – is a scoop of ice cream, a light bulb
1/2 cup serving – is 6 asparagus spears; 7 or 8 baby carrots or carrot sticks; 1 ear of corn on the cob

The fruit group
1/2 cup grapes (15 grapes) – is a light bulb
1/2 cup of fresh fruit – is 7 cotton balls
1 medium size fruit – is a tennis ball or a fist
1 cup of cut-up fruit – is a fist
1/4 cup raisins – is a large egg

The milk, yogurt and cheese group
1-1/2ounces of cheese – is a 9-volt battery, 3 dominoes or your index and middle fingers
1 ounce of cheese – is a pair of dice or your thumb
1 cup of ice cream – is a large scoop the size of a baseball

The meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs and nut group
2 tablespoons of peanut butter – is a ping-pong ball
1 teaspoon of peanut butter – is a fingertip
1 tablespoon of peanut butter – is a thumb tip
3 ounces cooked meat, fish, poultry – is a palm, deck of cards, cassette tape
3 ounces grilled/baked fish – is a checkbook
3 ounces cooked chicken – is a chicken leg and thigh or breast

Fats, oils and sweets
1 teaspoon butter, margarine – is the size of a stamp as thick as your finger or thumb tip
2 tablespoons salad dressing – is a ping-pong ball

Snack foods
1 ounce of nuts or small candies – is one handful
1 ounce of chips or pretzels – is two handfuls
1/2 cup of potato chips, crackers or popcorn – is one man’s handful
1/3 cup of potato chips, crackers or popcorn – is one woman’s handful

Serving dishes/utensils
1/2 cup – is a small fruit bowl, a custard cup or mashed potato scoop
1-1/2 cups – is a large cereal/soup bowl
1-1/2 cups of pasta, noodles – is a dinner plate, not heaped
1/2 cup of pasta, noodles – is a cafeteria vegetable dish

You might want to know that…

1 cupped hand holds 2 tablespoons of liquid if you don’t have measuring spoons
1 slice of bread is one ounce or 1 serving; some rolls or bagels weigh 3 to 5 ounces or more making them equal to 3 to 5 servings of bread.