Portion Sizes !!!

narabanekeater

I shall watch this post with intrest as this is something I really need to work on myself. I know generally they say 4oz of meat per person
I can never get the amount of pots I cook right either so I promise your not alone

BitterAndTwisted

Well, I swear I read somewhere that for health we only need to eat about 4 ounces of meat-protein a day, so if you go by that reckoning your 800 grammes should make about 7 portions at least as I expect he's eating some protein in his other meals. Dunno what your husband would think about that if it meant a radical reduction in his meal-sizes, however.

Mrs_Jojo

Hmm, I am probably not too far off then... I've just bought a bigger freezer so I can freeze more and I want to make the most of the space - at the end of the day, 800g giving 7 portions is not that far away from it giving 8 portions and he never complains about grated veg being added (of course, I cook it well, so he never actually notices the grated veg :rotfl:)

Getting 8 portions would work well as he could have something with chilli/bolognaise twice a week and I would only need to cook them once a month - I like it :T
Ok, now to think about chicken recipes that freeze well - I think the slow cooker will come into its own here!

rachbc

I base on 100g per adult...so I'd get 8

Mrs_Jojo

Just to add confusion, 'cos I've had a think!.... I take it you would still get 8 if you had added another 800g of veg to the mix too? (confused, I'm going to find out that I'm starving the poor man!)

Bongedone

When I make chilli or bolognaise it always ends up working out 100g per portion (mince) as others have suggested. When the dish is complete I freeze into 300g portions which is ample for one person with pasta (100g uncooked) or rice (75g uncooked).

Mrs_Jojo

Thank you, that makes perfect sense :-) And saves me emptying the whole saucepan into the weighing scales to portion it out:rotfl:

CupOfChai

I always just sort of go by roughly the size of a big handful (by eye, I don't pick up handfuls of sauce), so for bolognese I end up as between about 1.5 - 2 serving spoons per portion. However these are my-little-hands sized portions. I figure measuring portions of anything by the amounts that would fit in the hand works well as you will still get the different quantities needed by bigger or smaller people, as they have proportionally bigger or smaller hands!

2009ismyyear

I agree with the 100g and if you can get a serving spoon and know roughly how many of those = your portion size you can easily divide up a large pot.

Mrs_Bones

hm, I think I must be a bit mean with my portions because out of a 1lb of mince which I'd mix with veg. I'd get 3 of double portion trays and a single so 7 portions. Using 800g of mince I'd expect to get at least 11 portions.