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Heavenly Lime Salad

"This salad is good anytime of the year. It is cool, refreshing and goes well with any meal."

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Heavenly Lime Salad

Why it works: Lime and pineapple match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 469 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Heavenly Lime Salad

6 to 8 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

480Calories
17 gProtein
35 gFat
31 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11

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. Lime + pineappletop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together469 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Pineapple + pecanstop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together294 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Pineapple + cheddar cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together65 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Cheddar cheese + pecanstop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together71 recipes

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

  5. Lime + pecanstop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, pineapple, cheddar cheese):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Sesamefits better
  4. Pecansthe original

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