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Mini Meat Loaves with Green Beans

"This recipe offers a twist to the classic recipe by dividing the batch into individual servings. Green beans serve as the perfect side dish."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Mini Meat Loaves with Green Beans

Why it works: Tomato and basil are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,979 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Mini Meat Loaves with Green Beans

4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1049Calories
55 gProtein
42 gFat
110 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Green Beans1 cup (100g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Saucenot in our table0

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. Tomato + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,979 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Tomato + green beanstop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together113 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Tomato + beeftop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,448 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Tomato + mozzarella cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,577 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Basil + mozzarella cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,010 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

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

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, tomato, basil, sauce, bread, beef, mozzarella cheese):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Eggplantfits better
  3. Asparagusfits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, tomato, basil, sauce, bread, beef, mozzarella cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.