Plating Tips That Help With Portion Control

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Know your plate sizes

Standard dinner plates used to be between 10 to 12 inches in diameter. Then, slowly but surely, many restaurants started to favor larger, plates, ranging 11 to 14 inches in diameter. Some of this has to do with aesthetic and liking the look of extra, clean plate on the outsides. Some of it has to do with the expectation that, when you dine out – especially in America – you’re going to get a lot of food. NPR-owned podcast WBUR reported that restaurants tend to serve dishes that are an average of 134 more calories than needed. So we shouldn’t necessarily be taking their lead on plating, but many Americans have started to buy restaurant-size plates.

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