I have been wanting to make something like this to hang up in my kitchen for a long time! I don’t know why…but I can never remember how many teaspoons in a tablespoon and how many tablespoons in a cup, etc.
Yesterday I was working on a cooking post that required me to make several changes to the recipe amounts. I kept having to go to my phone and double-check on the measurements. I became so annoyed by the situation that last night I decided if I was ever going to make it through the holiday cooking and baking season with my insanity intact then I’d better come up with something helpful I could hang in my kitchen.
So here is the Common Kitchen Measurements “Cheat Sheet” I came up with. It’s not fancy…but it does the job. All you have to do is DOWNLOAD IT HERE and PRINT IT OUT.
Right now I have it taped to the inside of my baking cupboard door, but I think I’ll keep my eye out for a cute frame and hang it up. Then I won’t have to even worry about opening a cupboard door to double-check my measurements.
Hey, anything to make the holidays a little less stressful is ONE GOOD THING to me! :-)
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Here’s to many wonderful dishes being made and shared this holiday season! :-)
What are some of your favorite dishes to make for the holidays?
Hi Jillee:
You’re going to want to double-check those metric conversions, because – to the best of my Jamaican knowledge – 1 gallon = 4.546 L. This is a great idea though…
There’s an Empirical gallon and an American gallon. There are 3.8 liters in an American gallon and you are correct with 4.55 liters in an Empirical gallon. I know it’s confusing, but there it is!
A liter is slightly more than a quart, I think Jillie’s conversions look fine!
This is wonderful! I think it would look great in a frame. Thank you so much, Jillee!
Thank you so much!!!!!
I’ve been meaning to do this and have just not taken the time! I’m working on a family cookbook and this will be right in the front (with acknowledgement to you of course!) Plus I’m hanging mine in my cabinet as well. Great info and cute to boot!
I love this chart, and want to print copies for my daughters and grandchildren, but I can’t afford to—that big solid rectangle uses a LOT of ink! Is there a way I can print it without a large colored area?
Thanks!
Assuming you have Paint on your computer. You can save her image, open it up in Paint and select the area you want to print. Then Copy, open a New image and then Paste. Voila! If you want to get crazy and try to print two per page the new image needs to be the size of a piece of paper not whatever the default is in the program.
Terri, I added a more “ink-friendly” version just for you. ;-) Look for the link under the original.
Fantastic! I have already reduced it to about 3″x 3″, printed, and laminated it. Once I add a magnet to the back it will have a permant home on my fridge. Thanks Jillee.
Great idea!
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing Tammie. :-)
You could also print it onto magnetic sheet and put it on the refrigerator!
Or you could print on a 4×6 and slide into a magnetic photo frame if laminating isn’t an easy option.
Love, Love, Love it!!!! Thank you soooo much!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! Love it!!! Going to laminate it – so cute and so helpful!!
WOW WOW WOW!!! No I don’t have to use “Mr. Gallon” that everyone makes in the 3rd grade!!
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Excellent! thanks for posting this! (I’ve been seeing more an more recipes I want to try with metric units. This will help!)
Great idea, Jillee.
Years ago my Mom gave me a brushed stainless steel magnet that must be about a 5-6in wide oval that has all the measurement equivalents on it. I know many of them right off the top of my head, but still double check the list when I need to so I don’t waste supplies/ingredients.
Another great thing to have on hand is a laundry cheat sheet. Since they switched so many labels from words to symbols I never can remember them all. I’ve printed out this list (pdf link at the top left of that site) to keep in my laundry room. http://www.textileaffairs.com/lguide.htm
Oooo…good idea Landon. I might have to do one of those next. :-)
Thank you so much for this. I am going to print several off and laminate them for family.
Just printed this and taped to the inside of my baking cabinet! Thanks.
Thanks, I just taped a copy to the inside of a kitchen cabinet. Gonna come in handy.
Thank You so much for this. I was just getting all my receipes together for Thanks Giving and this will be used, A Lot
I wish I could find a printable version but in the spring my mom gave me a magnet that has cups, fluid oz, tbsp, tsp and milliliters on in. But its all for a cup or less (specifically though 1/16 cup), which works pretty well because most baking and cooking I do doesn’t usually call for more than 3 cups of something. It makes it super easy to halve the odd measurements (1/3 cup for instance) and to figure out how much of a canned product (usually in oz) to buy when the recipe calls for a certain number of cups.
THIS IS GREAT! It will replace my chicken scratch collections of notes I have on the inside of my cabinet.
I also have rough estimates for 1/3 C (1/3 C = 5 1/3 TB or 16 tsp or 2 1/3 fl oz) I use the tsp measurement when figuring half/quarter batches or for making 1 3/4 times the recipes (when I am using a 9×13 pan instead of an 8×8– its not perfect but it works out for me most times).
When collecting ingredients, I like to make notes about any recipe conversions before I do any measuring. Just a minute or two with a pen and conversion chart/calculator is really helpful later so I’m not trying to measure and math at the same time. Also if I’m making any significant alterations to a recipe (or following alternate instructions that are in varying places on a box), I will re-write it. Just seems to take less time even with the extra step.
Jillee you are brilliant! I needed this so bad because I’m always asking my math wiz of a husband to convert things for me. Now I don’t have to. And I would have never thought to frame it either. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Decor in my kitchen is Red, Black, White with some touches of silver. Will look for a silver or black frame to hang this up.
Thank you so very much. I really did need a conversion table especially now during the holidays.
One measure that didn’t get included here which I use fairly often, surprisingly – when halving a 1/4 cup measure I grab my 2T coffee scoop, because 2T = 1/8 cup. =)
Thanks for the sign, here’s another one that I have been using.
http://chasingdelicious.com/conversions/
You asked about favorite dishes to make for Christmas. Homemade candy all the way! We always make caramels, toffee, and buckeyes.
Thank you!!! I’ve needed this for awhile!
very cute! I have some magnets on my fridge that shows that. I think office supply stores sell printable magnet sheets, and little magnet cutouts would be adorable!
This chart is so helpful. Thank you!
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH JILLEE!!
Thank you! This is perfect- and it would be great to use in my classroom, too!
Thank you for this. I don’t have trouble with the cups and ounces until I get to pints, quarts and above. And then its a real pain when I’m trying to figure out how much I need to buy for buttermilk for ranch dressing or half and half for fettucine alfredo. I too am going to frame this. Again thanks for all you do.
Wow, I’m glad we have the metric system ;)
Oh jillee! First let me say I love ur killer name! Also THANK YOU SOOO MUCH For saving my sanity thru the hoidays too I can’t tell u how many times I’ve googled measurements! This is perfect! So cute too love it thanks again! Happy holidays to you!
Anyone have something similar with cooking temps for meat, fish, poultry, etc.? Please share.
Empirical evidence is information that justifies a belief in the truth or falsity of an empirical claim. In the empiricist view, one can only claim to have knowledge when one has a true belief based on empirical evidence.
I have no doubt, based on empirical evidence, that 1 Tbs Imperial measure is equal to 15ml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_measure
Love your cheat sheet.
Found it on Facebook here:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=485250321527302&set=a.485250278193973.128171.189287804456890&type=1
Thank you Al! :-)
Thanks for sharing this. So cute and useful.
Thanks a lot! Loving the pink! very useful! :)
Hi Jill! Thank you so much for creating and sharing this! Such a time saver! Blessings from Bama!
LOVE IT!! thanks a lot!!
:D
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Thanks again for this awesome chart! We have it hanging inside our cupboard and tonight we pulled it out for my daughter to use while doing her homework. Great visual!!
-a thankful fellow Utahn!
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What a great help! Thanks so much!
Love this so much! Linking your site from my blog!
This is great to have around. So handy. Wish i would have had for years but sure will now. Thanks.
Love this….Thank you ♥
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