Name: Creamy Cauliflower Egg Salad
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 large head cauliflower, cut into small chunks; 4 hard-cooked eggs, or more to taste - chopped; 1 cup creamy salad dressing (such as Miracle Whip®); 2 stalks celery, diced; 4 green onions, chopped; 1/4 cup sour cream; 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar; 1 teaspoon white sugar; salt and ground black pepper to taste

Why it works: Celery and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 16,012 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Creamy Cauliflower Egg Salad

6 servings

Prep20 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

1 large head cauliflower, cut into small chunks
4 hard-cooked eggs, or more to taste - chopped
1 cup creamy salad dressing (such as Miracle Whip®)
2 stalks celery, diced
4 green onions, chopped
1/4 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon white sugar
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

341Calories

29 gProtein

7 gFat

43 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Salad Dressing	not in our table	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.

Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together16,012 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Cauliflower + celerytop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together488 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Celery + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,518 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Cauliflower + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,113 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

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

Swap the cauliflower

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, celery, onion, cream, apple cider vinegar, sugar, pepper):

Mustardfits better
Capsicumfits better
Spinachfits better
Cauliflowerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, celery, onion, cream, apple cider vinegar, sugar, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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