What Does a Serving Look Like?

Note: Actual size of the following items is best viewed on a 800 x 600 pixel screen.

Milk, Yogurt, Cheese, & Ice Cream Group

1 cup milk, yogurt, or ice cream = softball

2 ounces of cheese = 4 dominoes domino domino domino domino

Meat & Meat Alternatives Group

playing card

3 ounces cooked meat, poultry, fish = deck of playing cards

pingpong ball

2 tablespoons peanut butter = ping-pong ball

Vegetable Group

softball

1 cup raw leafy vegetables = softball

lighbulb

1/2 cup of other vegetables, cooked, chopped raw = lightbulb

Fruit Group

baseball

1 medium size fruit or 1/2 cup fruit = baseball

Bread, Cereal, Rice, & Pasta Group

1 pancake = compact disk (CD)

1/2 cup cooked cereal, rice, pasta = baseball

egg

1 muffin = one large egg

Fats, Oils, & Sweets

1 teaspoon butter, margarine = size of a stamp

pingpong ball

2 tablespoons salad dressing = ping-pong ball

Remember, you can do something to control your portion sizes. Just follow the tips above, and you will be able to recognize the correct portion sizes in no time!