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Nana's Squash Casserole

"An excellent, cheesy dish, especially around the holidays! My grandmother makes this for me every time I come see her because she knows it's my favorite!"

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Nana's Squash Casserole

Why it works: Onion and celery are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 18,518 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Nana's Squash Casserole

6 servings
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

616Calories
47 gProtein
36 gFat
27 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Sage1 tsp ground (0.7g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Cornbreadnot in our table0
Soupnot 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.

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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 + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  3. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Cornbread + celerytop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together67 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Chicken + cheddar cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,312 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cornbread, onion, sugar, egg, cream, chicken, cheddar cheese):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Jalapenofits better
  3. Celerythe original
  4. Nutmegfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against cornbread, onion, sugar, egg, cream, chicken, cheddar cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.