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Kale Orange Banana Smoothie

"Sometimes it tastes like Fruit Loops® cereal, but, of course, this is actually good for you. My 14-month-old loves this for breakfast. Furthermore, he can feed himself (with a sippy cup) while I make breakfast and lunch for the older kids. The texture is similar to pudding. If runnier texture is desired, add ice or milk."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Orange and banana match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,117 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

The recipe

1 serving
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Peel the orange and separate it into segments, removing any large pith.

  2. Tear the kale leaf into several pieces, discarding any tough center stem.

  3. Peel the bananas and break them into chunks.

  4. Add the orange segments, kale pieces, banana chunks and the water to a blender.

  5. Blend on high for 45 to 60 seconds until completely smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides if needed.

  6. Pour into a glass and drink right away.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Orange + bananatop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,117 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Orange + kaletop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together47 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Kale + bananatop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together29 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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