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Article: In trying times, we go for comfort foods
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- The Topeka Capital-Journal
- Article date:
- May 14, 2003
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Traditional classics can be eaten in smaller portions
Standard serving sizes
FoodServingLooks LikeChopped vegetables 1/2 cup 1/
2 baseball or rounded handful for average adultRaw leafy vegetables
(such as lettuce)1 cup1 baseball or fist for average
adultFresh fruit1 medium piece or 1/2 cup chopped1 baseball
or 1/2 baseball or rounded handful for average adultDried fruit
1/4 cup1 golf ball or scant handful for average adultPasta, rice,
cooked cereal 1/2 cup 1/2 baseball or rounded handful for
average adultReady-to-eat cereal1 ounce, which varies from 1/2
cup to 1 1/4 cup (check label) Meat, poultry,
seafood3 ounces (boneless ...