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Green Stuff

"This light and refreshing avocado dip is made with a bunch of green things. We call it Green Stuff."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Green Stuff

Why it works: Avocado and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,117 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Green Stuff

2 cups
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

311Calories
5 gProtein
22 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0

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. Avocado + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,117 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Avocado + cucumbertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together299 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Avocado + oniontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,653 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Lime + cucumbertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together649 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Onion + cucumbertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,050 recipes

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

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (avocado, lime, cucumber):

  1. Lettucefits better
  2. Kalefits better
  3. Radishfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against avocado, lime, cucumber. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.