Good Rules of Thumb

• 1 slice of bread
• About 1 cup of ready-to-eat cereal
• 1⁄2 cup of cooked cereal, rice, or pasta

• 1⁄2 cup of pasta = a tennis ball

• 1 cup of raw leafy vegetables
• 1⁄2 cup of other vegetables
• 3⁄4 cup of vegetable juice

• 1⁄2 cup = A rounded handful
• 1 regular potato = a computer mouse

Fruit Group  

• 1 medium apple, banana, orange, pear
• 1⁄2 cup of chopped, cooked, or canned
• 3⁄4 cup of fruit juice

• 1/4 cup dried fruit =  a small handful or golf ball or egg
• 1⁄2 cup = A rounded handful
• 1 medium piece of fruit is = a women’s fist

• 1 cup of milk or yogurt
• 1-1⁄2 ounces of natural cheese
• 2 ounces of processed cheese
• 1⁄2 cup ice cream

• 1 oz. of cheese = a matchbox  or a a pair of dice
• I cup of milk = a baseball

• 2–3 ounces of cooked lean meat, poultry, or fish

• 1 oz serving of serving of meat = matchbox
• 3 oz. of meat = a deck of cards
• 8 oz. of meat = a thin paperback

Beans Fish, Dry Beans, Eggs, and Nuts

• 1⁄2 cup of cooked dry beans
• 2–3 oz of tofu
• 21⁄2 ounce soy burger or bean burger
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons of peanut butter
• 1⁄3 cup of nuts

• 2 Tablespoons of peanut butter  or nuts = a ping pong ball
• 2–3 oz. of tofu = deck of cards
• 1⁄2 cup beans = billard ball

• 1 tsp butter, margarine, oil

• One die