diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b7be4009..55c63183 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "diet-diary",
-  "version": "2.26.4",
+  "version": "2.27.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "diet-diary",
-      "version": "2.26.4",
+      "version": "2.27.0",
       "workspaces": [
         "packages/parser"
       ],
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7de1a760..a327d4cb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "diet-diary",
-  "version": "2.26.4",
+  "version": "2.27.0",
   "private": true,
   "homepage": ".",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/src/features/suggestions/generate/calculateServing.ts b/src/features/suggestions/generate/calculateServing.ts
index 7b1f8535..41496080 100644
--- a/src/features/suggestions/generate/calculateServing.ts
+++ b/src/features/suggestions/generate/calculateServing.ts
@@ -4,26 +4,36 @@ import { multiply } from '../../../model/servingFunction';
 import parseAmount, { DecomposedAmount } from '../parser/DecomposedAmount';
 import convert, { isMeasurementConvertible, Unit } from '../convert';
 
-function measurementFor(unit: Unit, { measurement, alternateMeasurement }: DecomposedAmount) {
-  if (unit === "unknown") {
-    if (alternateMeasurement && alternateMeasurement.unit === "unknown") {
-      return alternateMeasurement;
+function measurementFor(unit: Unit, { measurement, alternateMeasurement }: DecomposedAmount, prepMethod?: string) {
+  const isUnitConvertibleTo = _.partial(isMeasurementConvertible, unit);
+  const allMeasurements = alternateMeasurement ? [measurement, alternateMeasurement] : [measurement];
+  const canBeConverted = _.filter(allMeasurements, isUnitConvertibleTo);
+
+  if (prepMethod) {
+    const containsPrepMethod = (m: typeof measurement) => {
+      const words = _.words(_.lowerCase(m.unitText));
+      return _.includes(words, prepMethod);
     }
-    return measurement;
-  };
+    const matchedPrepMethod = _.filter(canBeConverted, containsPrepMethod);
+    if (matchedPrepMethod) {
+      return _.defaultTo(_.head(matchedPrepMethod), measurement);
+    }
+  }
+  return _.defaultTo(_.head(canBeConverted), measurement);
+}
 
-  const isUnitConvertibleTo = _.partial(isMeasurementConvertible, unit);
-  if (isUnitConvertibleTo(measurement)) {
-    return measurement;
-  } else if (alternateMeasurement && isUnitConvertibleTo(alternateMeasurement)) {
-    return alternateMeasurement;
+function prepMethod(unitText: string | undefined) {
+  const words = _.words(_.lowerCase(unitText));
+  if (_.size(words) > 1) {
+    return words[1];
+  } else {
+    return undefined;
   }
-  return measurement;
 }
 
 function servingFor(unitServing: Serving, servingAmount: DecomposedAmount, amount: string) {
   const from = parseAmount(amount).measurement;
-  const to = measurementFor(from.unit, servingAmount);
+  const to = measurementFor(from.unit, servingAmount, prepMethod(from.unitText));
 
   try {
     const normalizedQuantity = convert(from.quantity, from.unit, to.unit);
diff --git a/src/features/suggestions/generate/generateSuggestion.test.ts b/src/features/suggestions/generate/generateSuggestion.test.ts
index fc443a7f..06be08e8 100644
--- a/src/features/suggestions/generate/generateSuggestion.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/suggestions/generate/generateSuggestion.test.ts
@@ -311,3 +311,28 @@ test("diameter size calculation", () => {
   generateSuggestions(new MockRefObject("cheese pizza 1/8 of 12-inch "), assert);
 
 })
+
+test("use prep method -- word after unit e.g. 1 cup cooked to determine the measurement", () => {
+  const assert = (suggestions: Suggestion[]) => {
+    expect(_.size(suggestions)).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
+    // the input
+    expect(suggestions[0]).toEqual(
+      {
+        foodName: "cabbage, green or red",
+        amount: "1 cup cooked",
+      }
+    );
+    expect(suggestions[1]).toMatchObject(
+      {
+        foodName: "cabbage, green or red",
+        amount: "1 cup cooked",
+        serving: {
+          "vegetable": 2,
+        }
+      }
+    );
+
+  }
+  generateSuggestions(new MockRefObject("cabbage, green or red 1 cup cooked"), assert);
+
+})