Name: Holiday Apple Side Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 2 (16 ounce) cans dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed; 2 large Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and diced; 2 stalks celery, diced; 1 bunch red globe grapes, halved and seeded; 1 1/2 cups creamy salad dressing, e.g. Miracle Whip ™

Why it works: Apple and grape match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,659 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Holiday Apple Side Salad

6 servings

Prep15 min

Ingredients

2 (16 ounce) cans dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
2 large Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and diced
2 stalks celery, diced
1 bunch red globe grapes, halved and seeded
1 1/2 cups creamy salad dressing, e.g. Miracle Whip ™

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

163Calories

1 gProtein

1 gFat

42 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Apple	1 medium (182g)	95
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Red Kidney Bean	not in our table	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.

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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.

Apple + grapetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,659 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Apple + celerytop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,155 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
Celery + grapetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together627 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
Kidney beans + celerytop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together220 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
Kidney beans + grapetop 27% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together19 recipes

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

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

Swap the kidney beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (apple, celery, grape):

Walnutfits better
Chestnutfits better
Beansfits better
Kidney beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against apple, celery, grape. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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