Bonus Q & A. This week you asked mostly about Portion Size. And ladies and gents – SIZE MATTERS. How many? How much? What weight? How many grams is that? How big a handful? Is that enough? Am I putting in too much? …..etc…..
You asked in relation to our recipes/ideas/creations. When sharing my ideas I need point out its usually instant so I can give you a list of ingredients, BUT I know, I don’t usually tell you how much to use, so I wanted to address this question of portion size firstly in relation to our “recipes” and secondly in general.
PORTION SIZE in our creations:
The simple, honest, no nonsense answer as to why we don’t usually include a weight or measurement is because
A) We don’t usually weigh or measure our ingredients. *
B) Because the recipes or ideas we share are usually a one off/first time/instant/this is what I just made and its great – kind of thing. So making it again could mean we use a different portion size of each ingredient or other ingredients!
C) Also, we don’t TELL you how much because we try to EMPOWER you to make your own decisions and creative choices when it comes to food. You might not like one of the ingredients we use, so you can try the recipe and leave that out/substitute it. You may love something in there, so want to include more. And that’s fine.
(* Can I just add we haven’t really attempted baking yet in any pro manner – baking will and does require more precise measurements and when we cross that bridge things may become more precise – for now a cup means use the same cup for all cupfuls in this recipe, a handful means your own hand size, table spoon is the one in the drawer next to the knife and fork, tea spoon is the one your stir the milk in with)