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Creamy Cucumber Tomato Salad

"This is kid-approved and great to serve chilled on a hot summer's day. Great addition to any meal or just alone."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Creamy Cucumber Tomato Salad

Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Creamy Cucumber Tomato Salad

4 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

161Calories
20 gProtein
1 gFat
20 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Dill + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together669 recipes

    Shared aroma: p-mentha-1,3,8-triene (camphor, herbal).

  3. Lemon + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Cucumber + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together530 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cucumber, cream, lemon, dill, garlic, parsley, pepper):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Broccolifits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cucumber, cream, lemon, dill, garlic, parsley, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.