Cups to grams, ounces and Fahrenheit: how to convert them
A cup measures volume: 1 cup is 240 ml, but 1 cup of flour weighs about 127 g. How to convert cups, ounces and Fahrenheit to grams and degrees Celsius.
Lydia Louter
Writes the recipes and articles for Smaquli
Lydia Louter writes the recipes and articles on this site. She was driven mad by Instagram links to recipes she could never find again, by videos that suddenly went offline, and by recipes that were only told in the video and never written in the caption. When she cooks, she just wants a clear recipe she can follow. She loves cooking and baking, and keeps trying new things, preferably from kitchens of all kinds of countries and cultures. So she doesn’t need one cookbook: her inspiration comes from social media, and whatever tastes good goes into her own recipe book.
Writes about
- Cooking
- Baking
- Recipes
- Scaling recipes
- Cuisines from other countries
Articles
How much pasta per person, and how much rice and meat?
How much pasta, rice, potatoes and meat do you need per person? Our rules of thumb, when to take more or less, and a calculator for your table.
Preserve family recipes, even without quantities
How to capture family recipes, even when the card says 'a handful' and 'until it looks right'. With steps, the story behind them and a way to share.
Find saved Instagram recipes: how to get them back
You saved them, but where did they go? How to find your saved Instagram recipes again, and how to stop the next one vanishing into the pile.
How to scale a recipe, including salt and spices
How to scale a recipe up or down for more or fewer people, and why salt and spices don't simply double. With examples you can try yourself.
A shopping list by aisle: faster round the supermarket
A shopping list by aisle saves you doubling back. How to build one in walking order and how to add up ingredients from several recipes.
Ingredient substitutes that don't ruin the recipe
Which ingredient can you swap for which? How to pick a substitute that does the same job, and adjust the quantity, cooking time and temperature.
Why you never cook saved recipes, and what helps
You save recipes and never cook them. That is rarely your fault: you can't see what works tonight. How to turn saved recipes into dinner.
Recipes
Red curry ramen with dumplings, pak choi and coconut milk
30 minserves 2
- Meat
- One pan
Creamy spinach pasta with lemon
25 minserves 2
- Vegetarian
Air fryer chicken with baby potatoes and bell pepper
35 minserves 2
- Meat
- Air fryer
Oven-baked salmon with broccoli, green beans and dill
30 minserves 2
- Fish
- Oven
Shakshuka with feta
30 minserves 2
- Vegetarian
- One pan
Meatballs in tomato sauce with spaghetti
50 minserves 4
- Meat
- One pan
Red lentil dal with coconut milk
40 minserves 4
- Vegetarian
- One pan
Banana bread with walnuts and cinnamon
70 min8 slices
- Vegetarian
- Oven
Air fryer cauliflower with tahini sauce
30 minserves 2
- Vegetarian
- Air fryer
