Food                     Serving Size          Looks Like

Chopped Vegetables        ½ cup                 ½  baseball or rounded

                                                          handful for average adult

Raw Leafy Vegetables       1 cup                 1 baseball or fist of an

                                                          average adult

Fresh Fruit                    1 medium piece     1 baseball

                                  ½ cup chopped      ½ baseball or rounded

                                                          handful for average adult

Dried Fruit                    ¼ cup                 1 golf ball or scant handful for

                                                          average adult

Pasta, Rice,                   ½ cup                 ½ baseball or rounded

Cooked Cereal                                        handful for average adult

Ready-to-Eat Cereal        1 ounce which     

                                  Varies from ½       

                                  Cup to 1 ¼ cup

                                  (check label)

Meat, Poultry, Seafood     3 ounces             Deck of Cards

                                  (boneless cooked

                                  weight from 4

                                  ounce raw)

Dried Beans                   ½ cup cooked       ½ baseball or rounded

                                                          handful for average adult

Nuts                            1/3  cup               Level handful for average

                                                          adult

Cheese                         1 ½ ounce (2        1 ounce looks like 4 dice

                                  ounces if

                                  processed cheese)

Source: US Department of Agriculture)