Even though they can be at odds with frugal living and thrift, recipe books are so culturally accepted, they have merit as inspiration to cooks. I have prepared a table of conversions so that you can food cost your favorite recipes more easily. If you wish to use recipes, food cost them over and over until prices become common knowledge and you can smell how much a dish is costing you. Then you are truly frugal living in the kitchen – creating your own frugal recipes.
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Converting Recipes to Metric Measures |
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Liquids (and Herbs and Spices) |
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Volume Conversions: Normally used for liquids only |
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Customary quantity |
Metric equivalent |
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1 teaspoon |
5 mL |
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1 tablespoon or 1/2 fluid ounce |
15 mL |
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1 fluid ounce or 1/8 cup |
30 mL |
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1/4 cup or 2 fluid ounces |
60 mL |
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1/3 cup |
80 mL |
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1/2 cup or 4 fluid ounces |
120 mL |
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2/3 cup |
160 mL |
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3/4 cup or 6 fluid ounces |
180 mL |
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1 cup or 8 fluid ounces or half a pint |
240 mL |
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1 1/2 cups or 12 fluid ounces |
350 mL |
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2 cups or 1 pint or 16 fluid ounces |
475 mL |
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3 cups or 1 1/2 pints |
700 mL |
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4 cups or 2 pints or 1 quart |
950 mL |
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4 quarts or 1 gallon |
3.8 L |
Note: In cases where
higher precision is not justified, it
may be convenient to round these conversions off as follows:
1 cup = 250 mL
1 pint = 500 mL
1 quart = 1 L
1 gallon = 4 L
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Weight Conversions |
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Customary quantity |
Metric equivalent |
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1 ounce |
28 g |
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4 ounces or 1/4 pound |
113 g |
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1/3 pound |
150 g |
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8 ounces or 1/2 pound |
230 g |
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2/3 pound |
300 g |
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12 ounces or 3/4 pound |
340 g |
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1 pound or 16 ounces |
450 g |
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2 pounds |
900 g |
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Length Conversions |
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Customary quantity |
Metric equivalent |
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1/8 inch |
3 mm |
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1/4 inch |
6 mm |
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1/2 inch |
13 mm |
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3/4 inch |
19 mm |
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1 inch |
2.5 cm |
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2 inches |
5 cm |
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3 inches |
7.6 cm |
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4 inches |
10 cm |
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5 inches |
13 cm |
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6 inches |
15 cm |
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7 inches |
18 cm |
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8 inches |
20 cm |
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9 inches |
23 cm |
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10 inches |
25 cm |
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11 inches |
28 cm |
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12 inches or 1 foot |
30 cm |
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COOKING BASICS |
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Measurement Equivalents |
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1 tablespoon (tbsp) |
3 teaspoons (tsp) |
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1/16 cup |
1 tablespoon |
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1/8 cup |
2 tablespoons |
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1/6 cup |
2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons |
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1/4 cup |
4 tablespoons |
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1/3 cup |
5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon |
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3/8 cup |
6 tablespoons |
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1/2 cup |
8 tablespoons |
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2/3 cup |
10 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons |
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3/4 cup |
12 tablespoons |
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1 cup |
48 teaspoons |
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1 cup |
16 tablespoons |
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8 fluid ounces (fl oz) |
1 cup |
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1 pint (pt) |
2 cups |
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1 quart (qt) |
2 pints |
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4 cups |
1 quart |
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1 gallon (gal) |
4 quarts |
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16 ounces (oz) |
1 pound (lb) |
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1 milliliter (ml) |
1 cubic centimeter (cc) |
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1 inch (in) |
2.54 centimeters (cm) |
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Metric Conversion Factors |
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Multiply |
By |
To Get |
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Fluid Ounces |
29.57 |
grams |
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Ounces (dry) |
28.35 |
grams |
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Grams |
0.0353 |
ounces |
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Grams |
0.0022 |
pounds |
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Kilograms |
2.21 |
pounds |
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Pounds |
453.6 |
grams |
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Pounds |
0.4536 |
kilograms |
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Quarts |
0.946 |
liters |
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Quarts (dry) |
67.2 |
cubic inches |
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Quarts (liquid) |
57.7 |
cubic inches |
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Liters |
1.0567 |
quarts |
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Gallons |
3785 |
cubic centimeters |
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Gallons |
3.785 |
liters |
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Converting to metric |
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When converting to or from metric, be sure to convert all measurements. Otherwise, the proportions of the ingredients could be critically imbalanced. |
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When This Is Known |
Multiply It By |
To Get |
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Teaspoons |
4.93 |
milliliters |
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Tablespoons |
14.79 |
milliliters |
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fluid ounces |
29.57 |
milliliters |
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Cups |
236.59 |
milliliters |
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Cups |
0.236 |
liters |
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Pints |
473.18 |
milliliters |
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Pints |
0.473 |
liters |
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Quarts |
946.36 |
milliliters |
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Quarts |
0.946 |
liters |
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Gallons |
3.785 |
liters |
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Ounces |
28.35 |
grams |
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Pounds |
0.454 |
kilograms |
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Inches |
2.54 |
centimeters |
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Fahrenheit |
subtract 32, multiply by 5 and divide by 9 |
Celsius (Centigrade) |
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EQUIVALENTS TO U.S. RECIPE MEASUREMENTS |
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VOLUME MEASURES CONVERSIONS |
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Metric equivalents are rounded. |
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U.S. Measurement |
Metric Measurement |
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1 teaspoon |
5 milliliters |
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1 tablespoon |
15 milliliters |
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1 fluid ounce (2 tablespoons) |
30 milliliters |
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2 fluid ounces (1/4 cup) |
60 milliliters |
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8 fluid ounces (1 cup) |
240 milliliters |
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16 fluid ounces (2 cups = 1 pint) |
480 milliliters |
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32 fluid ounces (2 pints = 1 quart) |
950 milliliters (.95 liter) |
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128 fluid ounces (4 quarts = 1 gallon) |
3.75 liters |
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WEIGHT MEASURES CONVERSIONS |
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Metric equivalents are rounded. |
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U.S. measurement |
Metric measurement |
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1/4 ounce |
8 grams |
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1/2 ounce |
15 grams |
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1 ounce |
30 grams |
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4 ounces |
115 grams |
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8 ounces (1/2 pound) |
225 grams |
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16 ounces (1 pound) |
450 grams |
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32 ounces (2 pounds) |
900 grams |
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35.2 ounces (2.2 pounds) |
1 kilogram |
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TEMPERATURE CONVERSIONS |
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Celsius equivalents have been rounded. |
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Degrees Fahrenheit (°F) |
Degrees Celsius (°C) |
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32° |
0° |
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40° |
4° |
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140° |
60° |
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150° |
65° |
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160° |
70° |
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170° |
75° |
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212° |
100° |
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275° |
135° |
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300° |
150° |
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325° |
165° |
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350° |
175° |
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375° |
190° |
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400° |
205° |
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425° |
220° |
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450° |
230° |
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475° |
245° |
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500° |
260° |
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