What is an portion? I like telling people not to eat much. I’ll never tell you, “eat a half cup of broccoli and three of our chicken.” What if you do not keep broccoli? Or what if you want more broccoli? How much you eat depends on many things, not least of which is currently how hungry you are. I think it is absurd to tell people how to eat. However, I also know what it is like to lose all sense of what a true portion is.

To help you calculate for yourself how much you should eat, so you have a guide to making you a little less or a little more of something or would like, here are some approximate measure reasonable size for some common food groups. Consider this as a general guide. Some days, you’ll probably want a little more than this. Other days, half of a section may be more than enough. It all depends on what your voice tells you food.

Cooked vegetables: One portion of sauteed, steamed, boiled, or stir-fried vegetables were a small salad or plate of cereal bowl fill. This is about a ½ cup to 1 cup. But to be perfectly honest, I never measured my vegetables. They are vegetables! A heap of them is a big investment.

Salad: One portion of raw leafy greens or lettuce and raw vegetables should fill a soup bowl or salad bowl or on a salad plate heaped. In general, some raw fruits about two to three times larger than a similar portion cooked vegetables. If you need to measure, part of about 1 to 2 cups of salad. The clothing with light dressing, do not drown your salad, but who does not have to measure your stuffing worry – that’s obsessive.

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