Ep. 383 - How Many Cups in a Pound of Vegetables?

Measuring vegetables for recipes is not always easy. The following equivalent measurements will help you convert a vegetable’s weight (in pounds) on the grocery scale to the amount (in cups) that you need for a recipe.

Now when a recipe calls for a cup of onions, you’ll know just how much to slice!

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Measuring Vegetables for Recipes: Pounds to Cups

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Well, hi there and welcome back to another episode of the All Around Growth Podcast. My name is Rob Kaiser and I am your host. Today is Thursday, July 21st, 2022. And to mix things up a little bit, we're gonna go back to the Daily Almanac from the Old Farmer's Almanac and review what's going on today from the perspective of the Old Farmer's Almanac and talk about some things homestead. I will link to this in the show notes so you can go where you want to go. And today I'm gonna pick an article at random and talk about that. And in the past, like I've said, and for those of you who are new, with the daily almanac emails that you get from the old farmer's almanac, you can learn fun facts like who was born on this day, what happened today in history, and also little facts like there's 63 days until autumn begins. That's right. There's also questions of the day and puzzles of the day, and you know, questions like, have you heard of anyone suing someone else because lightning struck his barn? Puzzles like blank succeeds like blank, what's the saying? Fill in the blanks. There's all kinds of things. There's in today's uh episode or issue, if you will, I don't know what to call these things other than the daily almanac. Let's so I guess yeah, in today's daily almanac, there's also articles on how to get rid of fruit flies. I'm sure some of you guys are experiencing these uh nasty little buggers right now. So it reads indoors, a fruit fly infestation can be a truly annoying experience. Here's how to get rid of fruit flies, including how to make your own fruit fly trap. Links to this article are embedded within the link to the Daily Almanac in the show notes. There is also an article on why are my hydrangeas not blooming? Though they are pretty foolproof plants, the most common problem gardeners have with their hydrangeas is failure to bloom. Need hydrangea help? Here are five common reasons for hydrangeas not flowering and what to do about it. We might go there, not sure. We've also got an article on when is the hottest day of the year? When is the hottest time of the year? You might expect summer temperatures to peak in July. However, this is not typical for all regions of the United States. In this article, you can take a look at your neck of the woods, and there's an article or a link to that article embedded within this daily almanac, which is linked to in the show notes. And we've got another article on measuring vegetables for recipes, pounds to cups. And measuring vegetables for recipes is not always easy. The following equivalent measurements will help you convert a vegetable's weight in pounds on the grocery scale to the amount in cups that you need for a recipe. That one we might go with, since the majority of my time recently has been spent in the commercial kitchen cutting vegetables, preparing natural ferments, and on the menu for today is kimchi bread and butter pickles and garlic dill pickles. So it might be appropriate for me to share my experience with uh fermenting foods at scale, even though bread and butters aren't truly a ferment. Um maybe we can talk about measuring vegetables for recipe in today's episodes. And then there's an article on sauteed greens with garlic. Do you know how to cook nutrient-dense greens such as charred, kale, collards, mustard, in a flavorful way that people will enjoy? Our simple sauteed greens with garlic recipe is a great side dish that comes together quickly. I don't want to make an episode out of that, so we're gonna scroll by that. And that's about it for articles in today's Daily Almanac. So if you like what you hear and you like this kind of variety, again go to the show notes, check out the link to the Daily Almanac, and you can learn more there. And enjoy all this daily almanac stuff on social media and sign up for their newsletter if you find it interesting, like I do. So before we get into, I think what we're gonna talk about is the vegetables, measuring vegetables for recipes, pounds to cups. Let's enjoy this July morning with a quote by Sarah Coleridge. Hot July brings cooling showers, apricots, and gilly flowers. And indeed it does. Last night, it was uh it was nice to hear these cooling showers, and uh especially after a hot day, got up into the 90s yesterday. So wherever you are, hopefully you are enjoying this summer season. And remember, only 63 days until autumn begins. Okay, so where would we go from here? Measuring vegetables for recipes, pounds to cups. Since we're going to talk about this, I'm just gonna read this article with you. This is an article that was written on May 4th, 2022, and it appears as though the article was written by an undisclosed author uh here in the almanac. So, how many cups are in a pound of vegetables? Measuring vegetables for recipes is not always easy. The following equivalent measurements will help you convert a vegetable's weight in pounds on the grocery scale to amount in cups that you will need for a recipe. Alright, now when a recipe calls for a cup of onions, you'll know just how much to slice. And in this article, there is a nice chart with vegetable mess measurements for recipes. Everything from asparagus to string beans to beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, celery, cucumbers, eggplant, garlic, leeks, mushrooms, onions, parsnips, peas, potatoes, pumpkins, spinach. I mean, I could go on and on, but you get the drift. Now, for example, let's look at cabbage, because that's what uh that's that's a vegetable that I use the most of when it comes to fermenting here at York Meadow Farm, working with my dad, otherwise known as the kraut guy. So when we make our natural ferments, we use a lot of cabbage, we make a lot of sauerkraut, and one pound, according to this chart, one pound equals four and a half cups shredded. And I'll go with that. I'll go with that. That that makes sense to me. Um, asparagus is something that we grow, one pound is three cups chopped. Yeah, that sounds about right. Beets we use a lot of here, so you know, one pound or five medium beets equals about two and a half cups chopped. You know, so I can get down with that too. This is a handy chart for vegetable measurements for recipes. Now, basically, I thought this was an article, but it's really not. And uh yeah, we've got a we've got vegetable measurements for I'll just go ahead and read this because I've got a little bit of time, and this might be handy for those of you who just want to know what's on this list and what's not. So let's dive into this. Alright. So asparagus, one pound equals three cups of chopped asparagus. Okay, one pound of string beans equals four cups of chopped string beans. And we've got beets. One pound of beets or five medium beets equals two and a half cups of chopped beets, and then we've got broccoli, and a half a pound of broccoli equals three cups of chopped broccoli. Why they split this into a half pound instead of a pound, like everything else in this list, other than squash, I don't know. But yeah, half pound, three cups, or one pound, six cups chopped. Cabbage, one pound equals four and a half cups of shredded cabbage. Carrots, one pound equals three and a half cups of sliced or grated carrots. We make curtido here on the farm and homestead. We use a lot of carrots as well, and that makes sense to me. Celery, one pound of celery equals four cups of chopped celery. Then we've got cucumbers, one pound. Or two medium cucumbers equals four cups sliced. Uh that makes sense if you're using big slicers. That looks like you'd have, you know, medium large slicers there. We use pickling cucumbers most of the time. And uh we're gonna have uh either way, it's going to be, yeah, roughly four cups of s makes a pound of cucumbers, but it's definitely not two medium pickling cucumbers, it's a lot more than that. So, you know, it depending on what you now you can pickle and ferment slicers. The big difference between the slicing cucumbers and pickling cucumbers is like the seeds and just just just the the style of the cucumber itself. They both pickle and they both ferment just fine. We prefer pickling cucumbers because they I don't know, they uh the end result is a better product. So eggplant, we've got one pound is four cups chopped, or six cups raw and cubed, three cups cooked. Garlic, one clove is equivalent to one teaspoon chopped. With leeks, we've got one pound equals four cups of chopped or two cups of cooked leeks, and then with mushrooms to make one pound, we've got four to or five to six cups of sliced mushrooms and two cups cooked. I'm sure they're just referring to regular old button mushrooms from the store, but if you're using something different from the farmer's market, which at this point in time I would definitely recommend, like some nice oysters or shiitakes. Shiitakis would probably come out the same. Oysters and other mushrooms, you know, just play around with it. Just cook with food from the farmer's market. That's really what it comes down to. Onions, one pound of onions is the equivalent of four cups of sliced onions or two cups of cooked onions. That makes sense to me. We use sweet onions, um, you know, yellow onions. Uh, we mix it up, but mostly it's it's you know, just kind of like yellow yellow onions. Uh one pound equals four cups sliced, we use that in the cortito, we use it in the bread and butters, we use onions and a lot of different recipes. Parsnips. One pound of unpeeled parsnips equals one and a half cups of cooked and pureeed parsnips. Okay. Peas, uh you know, yeah, I'll go through this. I'll finish this list out. One pound of whole peas is equal to one to one and a half cups of shelled peas. Uh okay. You got that? One pound of whole peas is the equivalent to one to one and a half cups of shelled peas. Potatoes, one pound or three medium sliced potatoes is the equivalent to two cups of mashed potatoes. Now pumpkin. One pound of pumpkin is equals four cups of chopped pumpkin equals two cups cooked and drained. Spinach, one pound is equivalent to three quarters to one cup cooked. Alright, so think about that. You know, one pound of spinach is really cooks down to hardly anything, so bulk up when you buy your greens. Buy more than you think. Squash, like summer squash, one pound is four cups grated or two cups salted and drained. And winter squashes or hard squashes, two pounds equals two and a half cups cooked and pureeed. Two pounds, two and a half cups. Right? Sweet potatoes, one pound equals four cups grated or one cup one easy for me to say, one cup cooked and pureeed. And then with Swiss chard, alright, let's think of spinach as well. We've got one pound equaled equals five to six cups packed leaves, or one to one and a half cups cooked. Not much. And we've we just made, I don't know, four to five gallons of salsa and uh. That I I I I guess that makes sense to me, yeah. So one pound or three to four medium tomatoes equals one and a half cups of seeded pulp. And then turnips, one pound equals four cups, chopped equals two cups, cooked and mashed. Alright. Excuse me. So this is a helpful chart that you might want to print, you know, stick on the fridge, keep for reference, keep handy on your phone, and Evernote, whatever you do to keep organized, this might come in handy because yeah, measuring vegetables for recipes is not always easy. And these equivalent measurements will help you easily convert a vegetable's weight in pounds on the grocery scale to the amount in cups that you need for a recipe. So if you're trying something new, if you're following a recipe and just doing some experimenting and you want to know how much to buy without buying too much or worrying about not having enough, I can definitely see the value in this chart. So hopefully, guys, this episode was of value to you. Like I said, I'll link to this and the daily almanac in the show notes. And I look forward to, you know what? Actually, I may not, we may have a road episode tomorrow because I am going up to visit my brother and help him tear out a patio. We're gonna rent a skid steer, do a whole lot of shit. So uh tomorrow's episode may be delayed and uh maybe a little bit different. So we're gonna have a throwback and an episode from the road. So I look forward to seeing you tomorrow. This is Rob Kaiser, and thank you.