The Perfect Portion | Looks like This | Or This |
90 g meat | a mini-pack of tissues | your outstretched palm |
90 g fish | a chequebook | your outstretched palm |
3–4 tablespoons beans | a tennis ball | a cupped handful |
40 g cheese | 3 dice | your thumb |
2 heaping tablespoons rice or pasta | a full cupcake wrapper | a rounded handful |
1 portion of mashed potatoes | a drink coaster | your palm |
25 g roll | a bar of soap | half of your palm |
1 small bun | the round part of a light bulb | half of your fist |
8 cm piece of cake | a pack of cards | about 3⁄4 of your palm |
1 teaspoon butter or margarine | a postage stamp | the tip of your thumb |
1 tablespoon oil or dressing | the base of a teacup | the centre of your cupped hand |
potato chips | tennis ball | a cupped handful |
nuts or dried fruit | a golf ball |
a small cupped handful |