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No-Bake Cheesy Skillet Lasagna

"Make lasagna in 30 minutes with this simple recipe for skillet lasagna."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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No-Bake Cheesy Skillet Lasagna

Why it works: Cheese and mozzarella cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 421 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

No-Bake Cheesy Skillet Lasagna

6 servings
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

594Calories
49 gProtein
35 gFat
18 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Saucenot in our table0
Lasagnanot 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. Cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together421 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Pepper + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  3. Mozzarella cheese + basiltop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,010 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  4. Pork + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,214 recipes

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

  5. Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

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

Swap the basil

The recipe marks basil as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, pepper, onion, cheese, sauce, egg, mozzarella cheese):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Thymefits about as well
  3. Parsleyfits about as well
  4. Basilthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, pepper, onion, cheese, sauce, egg, mozzarella cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.