Personally, I measure after cooking -especially things like couscous - a fist size of couscous will serve a few people. I think it's better to measure the cooked food.

Dee

I measure it after cooking, too.  Some grains (esp. millet) seem to expand way more than others.

Thanks guys!  That's how I have been doing it.  Glad to know it was the correct way.

I use 1/3 cup oats dry

and cooked riced, beans, barely, couscous (except I dont eat that) and sweet pots about 1/2 cup 9about the size of my palm scooped, but not heaped.

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