Vegetables | Purchase Unit | Weight | Prepared Yield | |||
Imperial | Metric | Preparation | Imperial | Metric | ||
Asparagus, green | 16 to 20 medium | 1 lb | 500 g | tough ends, removed, sliced | 3 cups | 700 mL |
Beans, green or yellow | 1 lb | 500 g | tips removed, sliced | 3 cups | 700 mL | |
Beans, dried (legumes) | kidney beans pea/navy beans | 1 lb 1 lb | 500 g 500 g | dried dried | 2 1/2 cups 2 1/3 cups | 625 mL 575 mL |
Beets | without tops | 1 lb | 500 g | peeled, diced | 2 cups | 500 mL |
Broccoli | 1 medium bunch | 1 lb | 500 g | florets | 2 cups | 500 mL |
Cabbage | 1 lb | 500 g | shredded (quantity varies by size of shred) | 4 to 6 cups | 1 to 1.5 L | |
Carrots | 5 to 6 medium without tops | 1 lb | 500 g | sliced shredded | 3 cups 2 1/2 cups | 750 mL 625 mL |
Cauliflower | 1 lb | 500 g | florets | 1 1/2 cups | 375 mL | |
Celery | 1 stalk | sliced | 1/2 cup | 125 mL | ||
Corn on the cob | 1 medium ear | kernels cut from ear | 1/2 cup | 125 mL | ||
Cucumber, English or field | 1 medium | 8 oz | 250 g | sliced or diced | 2 cups | 500 mL |
Cucumber, pickling | 6 to 7 medium | 1 lb | 500 g | sliced | 3 1/2 cups | 825 mL |
Jalapeño peppers | 20 medium | 1 lb | 500 g | sliced | 4 cups | 1 L |
Mushrooms | 1 lb | 500 g | sliced | 5 to 6 cups | 1.25 to 1.5 L | |
Onions, cooking | 3 to 4 medium 1 medium | 1 lb | 500 g | chopped chopped | 2 1/2 cups 3/4 cup | 625 mL 175 mL |
Onions, pearl or pickling | about 50 (2/3 to 1 inch or 2 to 2.5 cm) | 1 lb | 500 g | whole, peeled | 4 cups | 1 L |
2 medium | 1 lb | 500 g | sliced | 3 1/3 cups | 825 mL | |
Parsnips | 4 medium | 1 lb | 500 g | peeled and chopped | 2 cups | 500 mL |
Peas, green, fresh in pods | 1 lb | 500 g | shelled | 1 cup | 250 mL | |
Potatoes | 3 medium | 1 lb | 500 g | diced | 2 1/4 cups | 550 mL |
Pumpkin, pie | l lb | 500 g | peeled, cubed | 4 cups | 1 L | |
Squash, butternut | 1 lb | 500 g | peeled, cubed | 3 1/4 cups | 800 mL | |
Sweet bell peppers, red, green, orange, or yellow | 1 large | 6 to 8 oz | 175 to 250 g | chopped | 1 1/4 cups | 300 mL |
Tomatoes, round garden or globe | 3 medium 3 medium 1 bushel | 1 lb 1 lb 53 lbs | 500 g 500 g 24 kg | chopped peeled and crushed or put through food mill | 2 1/2 to 3 cups 1 1/2 cups | 625 to 750 mL 375 mL |
Tomatoes, Italian plum (Roma) | 5 medium 5 medium 1 bushel | 1 lb 1 lb 53 lbs | 500 g 500 g 24 kg | chopped crushed or puréed | 2 cups 1 1/2 cups | 500 mL 375 mL |
Turnips, Rutabaga | 1 lb | 500 g | cubed | 2 1/2 cups | 625 mL | |
Zucchini | 3 medium 1 medium | 1 lb | 500 g | sliced sliced | 3 cups 1 cup | 750 mL 250 mL |
Fruits | Purchase Unit | Weight | Prepared Yield | |||
Imperial | Metric | Preparation | Imperial | Metric | ||
Apples | 3 medium 1 medium | 1 lb | 500 g | peeled and sliced diced | 3 cups 1 cup | 750 mL 250 mL |
Apricots | 8 to 12 medium 1 medium | 1 lb | 500 g | sliced sliced and pitted | 2 to 3 cups 1/4 cup | 500 to 750 mL 50 mL |
Bananas | 3 medium 3 medium | 1 lb | 500 g | sliced mashed | 2 cups 1 cup | 500 mL 250 mL |
Blackberries | 1 lb | 500 g | whole, fresh crushed | 2 2/3 cups 1 2/3 cups | 650 mL 400 mL | |
Black currants, fresh | 1 lb | 500 g | whole, fresh | 4 cups | 1 L | |
Black currants, dried | 1 lb | 500 g | dried | 3 1/4 cups | 800 mL | |
Blueberries | 1 lb | 500 g | whole crushed | 2 2/3 cups 1 3/4 cups | 650 mL 425 mL | |
Cherries, fresh | 1 lb | 500 g | stemmed but not pitted pitted Swinsian 2 2 3 esv. | 3 cups 2 1/2 cups | 750 mL 625 mL | |
Cherries, red tart, pitted, frozen | bucket | 10 lbs | 4.5 kg | 16 cups | 4 L | |
Crabapples | 45 to 50 small | 1 lb | 500 g | whole | 3 2/3 cups | 900 mL |
Cranberries | 1 lb | 500 g | whole, fresh | 4 cups | 1 L | |
Elderberries | 1 lb | 500 g | whole, fresh | 3 1/4 cups | 800 mL | |
Figs, fresh | 9 medium | 1 lb | 500 g | whole, fresh | 2 1/2 cups | 625 mL |
Figs, dried | 40 medium | 1 lb | 500 g | dried, chopped | 3 cups | 750 mL |
Gooseberries | 1 lb | 500 g | whole, fresh | 3 1/4 cups | 800 mL | |
Grapefruit | 1 to 2 medium 1 medium 1 medium | 1 lb | 500 g | juice section, membrane removed | 2/3 cup 10 to 12 sections | 150 mL 10 to 12 sections |
Grapes | 1 lb | 500 g | whole, stems removed seeds removed | 2 1/2 to 3 cups 2 to 2 1/2 cups | 625 to 750 mL 500 to 625 mL | |
Lemons | 2 to 3 medium 1 medium 1 medium | 1 lb | 500 g | juice, approx. grated zest | 2 1/2 to 3 tbsp 1 tbsp | 37 to 45 mL 15 mL |
Limes | 6 to 8 medium 1 medium 1 medium | 1 lb | 500 g | juice, approx. grated zest | 1 to 3 tbsp 15 to 45 mL | 1 to 2 tsp 5 to 10 mL |
Melon | 1 6-inch (15cm) cantaloupe honeydew | 3 lbs | 1.4 kg | peeled, seeded and cubed peeled, seeded and cubed | 6 to 7 cups 4 to 5 cups | 1.5 to 1.75 L 1 to 1.25 L |
Mulberries | 1 lb | 500 g | 3 1/4 cups | 500 mL | ||
Nectarines | 3 medium | 1 lb | 500 g | sliced | 2 1/2 cups | 625 mL |
Oranges | 2 to 3 medium 1 medium 1 medium 1 medium | 1 lb | 500 g | juice chopped sections, membrane removed grated zest | 1/3 cup 1/2 cup 4 tsp | 75 mL 125 mL 20 mL |
Peaches | 3 medium | 1 lb | 500 g | peeled, pitted and sliced crushed | 2 1/4 cups 1 3/4 cups | 500 mL 425 mL |
Pears | 3 medium | 1 lb | 500 g | peeled, cored and sliced | 2 1/4 cups | 500 mL |
Pineapple | 1 medium | about 4 lbs 1 lb | about 1.8 kg 500 g | peeled, cored and cubed peeled, cored cubes | 5 cups 2 1/2 cups | 1.25 L 625 mL |
Plums | 10 large yellow or medium purple (prune) plums 2 medium plums | 1 lb | 500 g | pitted and sliced | 1/3 cup | 75 mL |
Prunes, dried | pitted | 1 lb | 500 g | whole, pitted | 2 1/2 cups | 625 mL |
Raisins | seedless | 1 lb | 500 g | whole | 3 cups | 750 mL |
Red currants | 1 lb | 500 g | whole, fresh | 4 cups | 1 L | |
Rhubarb | 4 to 8 stalks | 1 lb | 500 g | sliced into 1-inch pieces | 3 cups | 750 mL |
Raspberries | 2 pint container | 1 lb | 500 g | whole, fresh crushed | 4 cups 1 3/4 to 2 cups | 1 L 425 to 500 mL |
Saskatoonberries Movavi screen capture studio 5 2 for mac free download. | 1 pint container | 1 lb | 500 g | whole | 3 1/4 cups | 800 mL |
Strawberries | medium berries | 1 lb | 500 g | whole, fresh sliced crushed | 2 2/3 cups 2 to 2 1/3 cups 1 2/3 cups | 650 mL 500 to 575 mL 400 mL |