U.S. to Metric Conversion Charts!

Hey everyone! - Just a quick update, I've been working on a Metric to "U.S." converter for the site.  Hopefully I'll have it ready soon, but until then here are some handy charts to help out, Thank you to Marie for sharing them with me :) Volume When measuring liquid, cooking measurements are quite straightforward: Metric Imperial US cups 250ml 8 fl oz 1 cup 180ml 6 fl oz 3/4 cup 150ml 5 fl oz 2/3 cup 120ml 4 fl oz 1/2 cup 75ml 2 1/2 fl oz 1/3 cup 60ml 2 fl oz 1/4 cup 30ml 1 fl oz 1/8 cup 15ml 1/2 fl oz 1 tablespoon

Weight Check this chart for basic imperial to metric conversions: 1/2 oz 15g 1 oz 30g 2 oz 60g 3 oz 90g 4 oz 110g 5 oz 140g 6 oz 170g 7 oz 200g 8 oz 225g 9 oz 255g 10 oz 280g 11 oz 310g 12 oz 340g 13 oz 370g 14 oz 400g 15 oz 425g 1 lb 450g

Spoons! Ever stop to wonder about teaspoons, dessertspoons and tablespoons? Here are their metric equivalents. But first: 1 dessertspoon = 2 teaspoons 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon 1 teaspoon 5ml 2 teaspoons 10ml 1 tablespoon 15ml 2 tablespoons 30ml 3 tablespoons 45ml 4 tablespoons 60ml 5 tablespoons 75ml 6 tablespoons 90ml 7 tablespoons 105ml Also know that tablespoons can be easily used to convert dry (and wet) ingredients to/from US cups. Here's a simple conversion chart: Tablespoons to US cups 1 tablespoon 1/16 cup 2 tablespoons 1/8 cup 4 tablespoons 1/4 cup 5 tablespoons 1/3 cup 8 tablespoons 1/2 cup 10 tablespoons 2/3 cup 12 tablespoons 3/4 cup 16 tablespoons 1 cup

Weight of common ingredients Found a recipe in US cups? Keep in mind a cup of butter weighs much more than a cup of flour! Use this chart to convert common ingredients between cups, metric and imperial: Plain flour and icing sugar US cups Metric Imperial 1/8 cup 15g 1/2 oz 1/4 cup 30g 1 oz 1/3 cup 40g 1 1/2 oz 1/2 cup 65g 2 1/4 oz 2/3 cup 85g 3 oz 3/4 cup 95g 3 1/4 oz 1 cup 125g 4 1/2 oz Porridge oats US cups Metric Imperial 1/8 cup 10g 1/3 oz 1/4 cup 20g 3/4 oz 1/3 cup 30g 1 oz 1/2 cup 45g 1 1/2 oz 3/4 cup 60g 2 1/4 oz 1 cup 85g 3 oz Sugar (caster and granulated) US cups Metric Imperial 1/8 cup 25g 1 oz 1/4 cup 50g 1 3/4 oz 1/3 cup 70g 2 1/4 oz 1/2 cup 100g 3 1/2 oz 2/3 cup 135g 4 3/4 oz 3/4 cup 150g 5 1/4 oz 1 cup 200g 7 oz Brown soft sugar US cups Metric Imperial 1/8 cup 25g 1 oz 1/4 cup 55g 2 oz 1/3 cup 75g 2 1/2 oz 1/2 cup 110g 4 oz 2/3 cup 150g 5 oz 3/4 cup 170g 6 oz 1 cup 220g 7 3/4 oz Honey, treacle and syrup US cups Metric Imperial 1/8 cup 45g 1 1/2 oz 1/4 cup 85g 3 oz 1/3 cup 110g 4 oz 1/2 cup 170g 6 oz 2/3 cup 225g 8 oz 3/4 cup 250g 9 oz 1 cup 340g 12 oz Butter and margarine US cups Metric Imperial 1/8 cup 25g 1 oz 1/4 cup 60g 2 oz 1/3 cup 75g 3 oz 1/2 cup 110g 4 oz 2/3 cup 150g 5 1/4 oz 3/4 cup 180g 6 1/4 oz 1 cup 225g 8 oz