How in the HECK am I supposed to calculate the calories in leftover food?
2oz dry pasta = 270 calories
I have no idea how much that makes cooked, but we made about 1/2 the box (3 servings).
HOWEVER, we already ate some of it last night and didn't measure how much.
add to that the sauce (we mix two kinds, tomato and alfredo). The alfredo is 70 cal per 1/4 cup and the Ragu is 70 cal per HALF cup. I don't know how much I used.
The leftovers are about 16oz of coated pasta. (This is fairly approximate since it fits into two plastic containers that both claim to formerly have held 8oz each of their respective former contents.)
Is there anyway to determine how much of the container is sauce and how much is pasta? Half and half? So a half cup sauce (that is half alfredo and half ragu) would be 105 cal. Is there any way to determine if 2 oz dry pasta makes 1/2 cup cooked?
According to this site it does.
So that gives me a total of 270+105 =375 for an 8oz serving of leftover pasta?
Does that sound reasonable?
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