That 2-ounce figure is what nutritional labels on packages of dried pasta call one serving. It amounts to about 1 cup when cooked — and strikes plenty of people as stingy.

"A 2-ounce serving of gnocchi is going to look like a very small portion compared to 2 ounces of pasta," she tells TODAY.com, meaning you're likely to eat more gnocchi at a meal than pasta.

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That 2-ounce figure is what nutritional labels on packages of dried pasta call one serving. It amounts to about 1 cup when cooked – and strikes plenty of people as stingy.

It’s not always 2 ounces. Americans love pasta. Per the National Pasta Association, we consume 5.95 billion pounds of it per year, with the average American enjoying about 20 pounds annually.