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Harvest Slaw

"This is a yummy, quick side dish for any meal. It came from using ingredients I had on hand. This salad tastes so fresh and I love the hint of toasted pecans. Happy eating!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Harvest Slaw

Why it works: Carrot and grape work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 598 recipes. Both carry 3-sec-butyl-2-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Harvest Slaw

8 servings
Prep15 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

596Calories
18 gProtein
43 gFat
40 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Ranch1 tbsp (15g) dressing73
Red Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Carrot1 medium (61g)25

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. Carrot + grapetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together598 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-sec-butyl-2-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Grape + feta cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together125 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  3. Pecans + grapetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together552 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Feta cheese + ranchtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  5. Pecans + carrottop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together115 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pecans, grape, feta cheese, ranch, sugar):

  1. Cucumberfits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pecans, grape, feta cheese, ranch, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.