How do you measure cooked pasta?

What does a serving of cooked pasta weigh?  If it is 2 oz. dry, what does it weigh after being cooked... I'm cooking for the whole family, so I can't just cook 1 serving... HELP!

You really need a template that you measure out the pasta dry.  I feel that is the only true measure of how many servings are made.  If you want to know what 1/2 cup of cooked pasta is you have liquid measuring containers you can use which is the best I can offer.

Take care and God Bless.

Well, if you type pasta into your food log, it will come up with both cooked and uncooked portions.  Most in ounces and grams.  You need a set of measuring cups and at the very least a food scale.  I know of the template that Heavenly has mentioned, but you can't measure macaroni using that.  You can probably  find one of those and measuring cups at a Dollar store.  I found my scale at Walmart.

If you have an average sized hand, make a fist-that's pretty close to 1 cup.  If you turn your hand upside down and cup it like you would cup to get a one handed drink of water, that's about 1/4 cup.  An empty 6 oz yogurt container is 3/4 cup and an empty pudding cup is 1/4 cup.  If you use Crystal Light, those little cups that comes in is 2 tablespoons.  These suggestions are approximations only.  I have used every single one that I mentioned in an emergency (moving-couldn't find a measuring cup.)  Get the scale, get the cups.  This will help you out so much.  I actually measured out my 1 oz of dry spaghetti before it was cooked, then transferred it to a measuring cup to see what the cooked weight measured out to.  You can experiment with a hand full of sand, rocks or kitty litter if that's all there is, just to see how much volume your cup holds if your scooping dry stuff, or run it under the water and do the same for liquids.  Good luck.  I think the scale is the best unit for measuring that I have. 

http://caloriecount.about.com/measure-cooked- pasta-ft122865#last ; <-go here for other hints.

If you have a scale, weigh it all dry.  Then weigh it when its cooked.  The weight should go up about 3x or so.  So 2 before is 6oz. after.  But thats if you have a scale.  If you don't have a scale.....get a scale, you'll need it anyway.

Now I want spaghetti!

Bon appetit!

Some in the weigh loss forum said that Barilla has a guide on its website.