Okay, so I was messing around in the kitchen today, trying to follow this recipe I found, and it called for lemon juice. The thing is, it wanted the amount in tablespoons, but I usually measure stuff in grams ’cause it feels more precise, you know?
So, I grabbed a tablespoon and my trusty kitchen scale and got to work. First, I put the tablespoon on the scale and zeroed it out. Then, I carefully squeezed some lemon juice into the spoon until it was full.
Here’s what I did, step-by-step:
- I zeroed out my scale with an empty tablespoon on it.
- I filled the tablespoon with lemon juice.
- I checked the weight on the scale.
Guess what the scale read? It was about 15 grams! I did this a couple of times just to be sure, and yep, it was pretty consistent. Each tablespoon of lemon juice came out to roughly 15 grams.
But here’s a little something extra I learned. Apparently, one lemon usually gives you around 3 tablespoons of juice. So, if you’re like me and prefer working with whole lemons, that’s a handy bit of info to keep in mind.
And here is the nutritional information!
When you’re dealing with 1 tablespoon (which is 15 grams) of lemon juice, here’s what you’re looking at nutritionally. Remember, these are just estimates, but they give you a general idea. And it goes without saying that 1 tablespoon is equal to 15 grams might not apply to everything because of the differences in how dense things are. This is what I found, hope it can help you!
