Being able to quickly convert measurements of recipes is a fairly important task when you are cooking. In the early days of my marriage and beginning in the kitchen, a phone call to my Mother or Grandmother gave me the information I needed. Within a few years, I began compiling the measurements and I knew they would be most helpful to me, and hopefully to you, if I now begin to maintain them here. These cooking conversion charts provide a quick reference list you can access online or simply print to keep in your recipe box. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
Cooking Conversion Charts | Add a Pinch
U.S. Dry Measurements
| MEASURE | EQUALS |
| a smidgen | 1/2 pinch |
| a pinch | 1/16 teaspoon |
| a dash | 1/8 teaspoon |
| 1 tablespoon | 3 teaspoons |
| 1/8 cup | 2 tablespoons |
| 1/4 cup | 4 tablespoons |
| 1/2 cup | 8 tablespoons |
| 3/4 cup | 12 tablespoons |
| 1 cup | 16 tablespoons |
U.S. Liquid Volume Measurements
| MEASURE | EQUALS |
| 1 cup | 8 fluid ounces |
| 1 pint | 2 cups 16 fluid ounces |
| 1 quart | 4 cups 2 pints |
| 1 gallon | 16 cups 4 quarts |
U.S. to Metric Conversions
| MEASURE | EQUALS |
| 1 teaspoon | 5 ml |
| 2 teaspoons | 7 ml |
| 1 tablespoon | 15 ml |
| 2 tablespoons | 28 ml |
| 1/4 cup | 56 ml |
| 1/2 cup | 110 ml |
| 1 cup | 225 ml |
| 2 cups (1 pint) | 450 ml |
| 4 cups (1 quart) | 900 ml |
| 1 gallon | 3.8 liters |
Common Food Measurements
| MEASURE | EQUALS |
| Butter: 1 tablespoon | 1/2 ounce 15 grams |
| Butter: 1 stick | 8 tablespoons 1/2 cup |
| Butter: 1 pound | 4 sticks 2 cups |
| Lemon: 1 lemon | 1 1/2 teaspoons grated zest about 2 tablespoons juice |
| Lemon: 4 lemons | about 1/2 cup juice |
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Great post, Robyn! This is so convenient, I’m going to print it out and hang it on the inside of my pantry!
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Great post Robyn. Although it’s been years since I moved to US I still have problems converting to US measuring charts.
Thanks for sharing
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Merci beaucoup !! C’est vraiment génial
Thanks for sharing.
Me, too. Thanks so much for this!
Ok. So THANK YOU for posting this! I had always thought that 3 tablespoons equals a 1/4 cup. I have been doing it that way for years!! So when I saw that you had it listed for 4 tablespoons I researched it… and you are right! THANK YOU! You just improved my cooking skills greatly!
This is great – very useful and oh so convenient! Thank you so much for sharing!
I can’t tell you how often I look conversions up. Thanks a bunch!
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Ooo…now this would be great to print out and put on the fridge!
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This is so helpful. I have these conversions jotted down in various cookbooks, but it’ll be nice to have in one place. Thank you!
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I am always looking up cooking conversions too, so this will be a great help! Thanks for posting it! I will have to print it out so that I will have it handy for future reference!
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Robyn,
What a wonderful post to share with all!! You’re just amazing, and I love Mingle Monday each week just a bit more!
I always committ to visiting 2 (new) bloggers when I link up, and each week, I’m finding so many sources of inspiration here – thank you for what you do. I know what goes into blogging, and the way you are so professionally and neatly organized here, well…that’s called a job, honey!
Know that you’re appreciated!
xoxo,
Gigi
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very convenient post! I saved it to refer back to
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this is a super helpful cheat sheet.
so love this… in”VALUABLE” Thank you for taking the time to blog this! FABULOUS!
I’m so printing this chart! sometimes I really get confused :S , Thank you!