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Wow, I found a recipe that I really like, but its feeds an army of guests...! Many times we have the need to scale down large recipes for smaller groups of family members or party guests, especially for three or four, and find it particularly difficult to make conversions on those delicious recipes. For all those frustrated people who are in need to convert teaspoons to tablespoons, tablespoons to cupfuls, and cupfuls to liters, we hope that this table of conversion measurements will be helpful to you...!

YankeeGrocery.com Equivalent Recipe Conversions |
3 teaspoons = 1 Tablespoon
4 Tablespoons = 1/4 cup
5 Tablespoons + 1 teaspoon = 1/3 cup
8 Tablespoons = 1/2 cup
12 Tablespoons = 3/4 cup
16 Tablespoons = 1 cup (8 fluid ounces)
2 cups = 1 pint (16 fluid ounces)
4 cups (2 pints) = 1 quart (32 fluid ounces)
8 cups (4 pints) = 1/2 gallon (64 fluid ounces)
4 quarts = 1 gallon (128 fluid ounces) |

| Metric Recipe Conversion Table |
| U.S. RECIPE | CANADIAN METRIC | AUSTRALIAN METRIC |
| 1/4 teaspoon | 1 mL | 1 mL |
| 1/2 teaspoon | 2 mL | 2 mL |
| 1 teaspoon | 5 mL | 5 mL |
| 1 Tablespoon | 15 mL | 20 mL |
| 1/4 cup | 50 mL | 60 mL |
| 1/3 cup | 75 mL | 80 mL |
| 1/2 cup | 125 mL | 125 mL |
| 2/3 cup | 150 mL | 170 mL |
| 3/4 cup | 175 mL | 190 mL |
| 1 cup | 250 mL | 250 mL |
| 1 quart | 1 liter | 1 liter |
| 1-1/2 quarts | 1.5 liters | 1.5 liters |
| 2 quarts | 2 liters | 2 liters |
| 2-1/2 quarts | 2.5 liters | 2.5 liters |
| 3 quarts | 3 liters | 3 liters |
| 4 quarts | 4 liters | 4 liters |
| 1 ounce | 30 grams | 30 grams |
| 2 ounces | 55 grams | 60 grams |
| 3 ounces | 85 grams | 90 grams |
| 4 ounces (1/4 pound) | 115 grams | 125 grams |
| 8 ounces (1/2 pound) | 225 grams | 225 grams |
| 16 ounces (1 pound) | 455 grams | 500 grams |
| 1 pound (16 ounces) | 455 grams | 1/2 kilogram |

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