It’s easy to measure cooking ingredients with the help of a measuring cup or spoon, but what about when you need to cut a recipe in half or double its ingredients? This helpful guide from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute will teach you the basics of common cooking measurements.

The guide explains that the two most commonly used measurements in cooking are the ounce and the pound, but amounts like teaspoons, tablespoons, and cups are also very common. It's very important not to confuse weight measurements with volume measurements. An ounce, for example, can be used to measure the ounce of weight of an ingredient, but it can also explain the fluid ounce needed in a recipe.

The Guide to Common Cooking Measurements also explains how certain cooking measurements are equivalent to other measurements. Many people think that a tablespoon is roughly two teaspoons based on looking at their measuring spoons, but this guide explains that it actually takes 3 teaspoons to equal one tablespoon. By reading this guide, you’ll learn how to translate one measurement to another, making cooking much easier than ever before.

Guide to Commmon Cooking Measurements [National Heart, Lung and Blood Institiute]

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