Name: Roasted and Raw Carrot Salad with Avocado and Toasted Cumin Vinaigrette
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 bunches (about 10 ounces total) baby carrots in assorted colors, tops trimmed; 1/4 cup olive oil, plus more as needed; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1/4 cup pine nuts; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice; 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lime juice; 1 ripe avocado; 2 cups mizuna, watercress, ancho cress, or arugula greens

Why it works: Cumin and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,216 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Roasted and Raw Carrot Salad with Avocado and Toasted Cumin Vinaigrette

Serves 4

Ingredients

2 bunches (about 10 ounces total) baby carrots in assorted colors, tops trimmed
1/4 cup olive oil, plus more as needed
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup pine nuts
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lime juice
1 ripe avocado
2 cups mizuna, watercress, ancho cress, or arugula greens

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

621Calories

10 gProtein

56 gFat

34 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Avocado	1 medium (150g)	240
Pine Nut	1 oz (28g)	191
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Cumin	1 tsp ground (2.1g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Arugula	1 cup (20g)	5
Watercress	1 cup (34g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Seed	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 epicurious. 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.

Cumin + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,216 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lemon + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,289 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Carrot + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together777 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,491 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Pine + cumintop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together73 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (carrot, olive, pepper, pine, cumin, lemon, lime):

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Fit is the average pairing score against carrot, olive, pepper, pine, cumin, lemon, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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