Archive for July 11th, 2009

Here’s a handy Food Equivalent Table for most of our every day cooking.

Fruit:

Apples, whole 1 lb ………………… 3 cup peeled/sliced
Apricots, fresh 1 lb ………………. 12 each
Apricots, dried 1 lb ………………. 5½ lb fresh apricots
Apricots, dried 1 lb ………………. 3 cup
Bananas, 3 each …………………… 1 cup – mashed
Bananas, 3 each …………………… 1 lb
Cherries 1 lb …………………….. 2 cup pitted
Cranberries, fresh 1 lb ……………. 4 cup
Dates, pitted 1 lb ………………… 2½ cup
Figs, dried 1 lb ………………….. 3 cup
Figs, fresh 1 lb ………………….. 9 each
Grapefruit, 1 each ………………… 1 cup juice
Lemon, 1 each …………………….. 3 tablespoon juice
…………………….. 1 tablespoon peel
Lime, 1 each ……………………… 1 – 2 tablespoon juice
Orange, 1 each ……………………. 4 tablespoon juice
…………………… 2 tablespoon peel
Peaches, dried 1 lb ……………….. 3 cup
Raisins/Sultanas 1 lb ……………… 2¾ cup
Rhubarb, raw 1 lb …………………. 2 cup cooked
Strawberries, fresh 1 lb …………… 2 cup sliced

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