- A baseball or size of your fist- would be one serving of vegetables or fruit
- Tennis ball- measures to about ½ cup of food (for example, ½ cup ice cream)
- Golf ball or large egg- is about a ¼ cup of dried fruit or nuts
- Six dice or one domino- would equal one serving of cheese
- Deck of cards or the palm of your hand- equivalent to a serving of meat, fish or poultry
- Tip of your thumb- about one-teaspoon of peanut butter
- Computer mouse- one serving of a baked potato
- CD (compact disc)- equals the serving size of a waffle of pancake
- Check book- equals a 3 oz. serving of fish
- A rounded handful- about one half cup cooked or raw veggies or cut fruit, a piece of fruit, or ½ cup of cooked rice or pasta
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These are great. The one that always gets me is the computer mouse for the baked potato. The baked potatoes you get in restaurants are about 2-3 servings worth of potato.
ReplyDeleteyoure right they are! And then they top them w/ cheese, sour cream, butter, bacon, etc LOL! Kind of defeats the bene's of the vegetable :)
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