Here’s What 1 Pound of Tomatoes Looks Like

Making a salad tonight and have to swing by the grocery store or farm stand in a hurry? Well, if you’re looking to pick up a pound of tomatoes without relying on a scale, here’s how to do it.

One pound of tomatoes equates to three tomatoes roughly the size of a baseball. Each tomato should fit comfortably in the palm of your hand. When you’re sizing up the weight of fruits and vegetables by sight, it’s helpful to buy all the same size, so look for three tomatoes that fit this description and you’ll have about one pound.

Our eyes are one of our greatest, most useful tools in the kitchen. They can help us size up everything from the weight of vegetables to the doneness of meat. Educate Your Eye is a series on Kitchn that teaches you what you need to know to use your eyes for smarter cooking both inside and outside the kitchen.