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How to weigh the ingredients to the nearest gram (or almost) without a scale?

It's a question I've asked myself many times when making recipes!

Especially when my kitchen scale let go and I didn't have a measuring cup!

Fortunately, my grandmother told me her easy tips for weighing ingredients without scales and making recipes successful.

here is the essential table to weigh any ingredient without using a scale. Look :

Click here to print this guide in PDF.

What you need

- 1 teaspoon

- 1 tablespoon

- 1 mustard glass

- 1 pot of yogurt

- 1 cup (or 1 mug)

Hard or melted butter

1 teaspoon = 5 g

1 tablespoon = 15 g

1 cup = 225 g

Cocoa

1 teaspoon = 5 g

1 tablespoon = 10 g

1 mustard glass = 90 g

1 cup = 110 g

Coffee

1 teaspoon = 5 g

1 tablespoon = 15 g

Tomato puree

1 tablespoon = 25 g

Jam

1 teaspoon = 12 g

1 tablespoon = 35 g

Heavy cream or cottage cheese

1 teaspoon = 1.5 cl

1 tablespoon = 4.5 cl

1 mustard glass = 20 cl

Liquid cream

1 teaspoon = 0.7 cl

1 tablespoon = 2 cl

1 mustard glass = 10 cl

Water

1 teaspoon = 0.05 cl

1 tablespoon = 1.5 cl

1 cup = 10 cl

1 pot of yogurt = 15 cl

1 mustard glass = 20 cl

1 bowl = 35 cl

Flour and starch

1 teaspoon = 3 g

1 tablespoon = 10 g

1 pot of yogurt = 85 g

1 cup = 100 g

Fruits and vegetables

1 banana = 120 g

1 carrot = 100 g

1 lemon = 110 g

1 onion = 80 g

1 grapefruit = 400 g

1 apple = 130 g

1 tomato = 90 g

grated cheese

1 teaspoon = 4 g

1 tablespoon = 12 g

1 mustard glass = 65 g

Oil (olive, rapeseed, sunflower, coconut, etc.)

1 teaspoon = 0.04 cl

1 tablespoon = 1.4 cl

1 glass of mustard = 16 cl

Milk

1 teaspoon = 0.05 cl

1 tablespoon = 1.5 cl

1 cup = 10 cl

1 pot of yogurt = 15 cl

1 mustard glass = 20 cl

1 bowl = 35 cl

Lentils

1 teaspoon = 7 g

1 tablespoon = 20 g

1 mustard glass = 150 g

1 cup = 210 g

Yeast

1 teaspoon = 4 g

Liquids

1 shot glass = 3 cl or 30 ml

1 glass of champagne = 12 to 15 cl or 120 to 150 ml

1 wine glass = 12 to 15 cl or 120 to 150 ml

1 water glass = 20 cl or 200 ml

1 coffee cup = 8 to 10 cl or 80 to 100 ml

1 teaspoon = 0.5 cl or 5 ml

1 tablespoon = 15 cl or 150 ml

1 mustard glass = 20 cl or 200 ml

So 5 mustard glasses = 1 l

1 bowl = 35 cl or 350 ml

Cornflour

1 teaspoon = 10 g

1 tablespoon = 20 g

1 cup = 75 g

Honey

1 teaspoon = 10 g

1 tablespoon = 30 g

Grated coconut

1 tablespoon = 5 g

1 cup = 75 g

Pasta

1 mustard glass = 120 g

1 cup = 150 g

Nutella type spread

1 tablespoon = 40 g

Almond powder

1 teaspoon = 6 g

1 tablespoon = 15 g

1 pot of yogurt = 50 g

1 mustard glass = 75 g

Raisins

1 teaspoon = 7 g

1 tablespoon = 20 g

1 mustard glass = 110 g

Rice

1 teaspoon = 7 g

1 tablespoon = 20 g

1 mustard glass = 150 g

1 cup = 210 g

Salt

1 teaspoon = 6 g

1 tablespoon = 15 g

1 pot of yogurt = 125 g

1 mustard glass = 150 g

1 cup = 225

1 bowl = 500 g

Semolina, couscous

1 teaspoon = 5 g

1 tablespoon = 15 g

1 pot of yogurt = 90 g

1 cup = 150 g

Sugar

1 teaspoon = 6 g

1 tablespoon = 15 g

1 pot of yogurt = 125 g

1 mustard glass = 150 g

1 cup = 225

1 bowl = 500 g

Icing sugar

1 teaspoon = 4 g

1 tablespoon = 10 g

1 mustard glass = 110 g

1 cup = 150 g

Tapioca

1 tablespoon = 15 g

1 cup = 100 g

Extra tips

1 egg = 50 g

1 knob of butter = 5 g

1 knob of butter = 15 to 20 g

Results

There you have it, you now know how to weigh your ingredients without a scale :-)

Simple, practical and efficient!

You will be able to succeed in all your recipes, even without a scale!

And if before you need to convert cups to grams, here is the conversion table.

Your turn...

Have you tried these grandma's tips for weighing without a scale? Tell us in the comments if it worked for you. We can't wait to hear from you!

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