Meet your New Best Friend...

If you do not have one of these, I HIGHLY recommend you have one. I cant live without this. Every time I question the calories of something, I use it and measure it out and it tells me.. Yup folks im talking about a :::

                                      FOOD SCALE!!!


 & a handy calculator if you are not a math genius. Food scales are great because they tell you the weight of what your trying to eat. Whether it be a liquid or solid, the food scale will give you the right amount. When following a recipe, put the item on the food scale and you'll know if you have to trim some off or add. 

Alongside with measuring cups, these items should be your best friend. Even if your not cooking, and you want to have a snack and are worried if you'll have too much the food scale will tell you exactly how much the portion you choose is. 


The difference between the food scale and measuring cups is that the food scale can measure solids and liquids. If you want a bag popcorn and the serving size is 1/2 cup, putting it into a measuring cup may be a lesser amount than the actual amount your allotted.  Because popcorn is an airy solid, the actual weight (grams) is less, meaning you can have more! So when viewing the nutrition facts, always look at the serving size and the grams. Turn on the food scale and set it to grams, and booyah! You know how much your allotted. Surprisingly, even when we think we measure right sometimes, most of the time we are wrong.



I bought my food scale on sale for 20$ at sears. But you can get one anywhere! It does not matter how fancy it is as long as it tells you what you need to know.


                                                       Happy Measuring!