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'Out of Salad Dressing' Salad Dressing

"This is a recipe I created when I realized that our bottled salad dressing was frozen and couldn't thaw quickly enough. It is very easy to make from ingredients usually already on hand. You can vary the amounts, or even substitute low-fat ingredients according to your personal taste. Tastes even better when chilled over night!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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'Out of Salad Dressing' Salad Dressing

Why it works: Lemon and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,893 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

'Out of Salad Dressing' Salad Dressing

12 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

349Calories
25 gProtein
21 gFat
17 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Lemon + garlictop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,893 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Lemon + milktop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Parmesan cheese + milktop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,608 recipes

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

  4. Parmesan cheese + garlictop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,041 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Lemon + parmesan cheesetop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

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

Swap the garlic

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

  1. Basilfits better
  2. Pepperfits better
  3. Celeryfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

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