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Light Zucchini Casserole

"Grated zucchini and onion combined with buttermilk, Parmesan cheese and biscuit mix, and baked in a pie pan. Delicious as a side dish or for brunch."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Light Zucchini Casserole

Why it works: Onion and biscuit work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 428 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Light Zucchini Casserole

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

604Calories
23 gProtein
36 gFat
48 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Biscuit1 medium (45g)166
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16

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.

  1. Onion + biscuittop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together428 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Buttermilk + biscuittop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together110 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Onion + parmesan cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,717 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Parmesan cheese + biscuittop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together61 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Onion + buttermilktop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together391 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (buttermilk, parmesan cheese, biscuit):

  1. Lettucefits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against buttermilk, parmesan cheese, biscuit. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.