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Quick Christmas Salad

"This is a super quick salad with for those hectic holiday times. It has that Michigan twist on it with the dried cherries."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Quick Christmas Salad

Why it works: Pecans and parmesan cheese work together. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 46 recipes. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

Quick Christmas Salad

8 servings
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

217Calories
12 gProtein
10 gFat
23 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Saladnot in our table0
Salad Dressingnot 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. Pecans + parmesan cheesetop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together46 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

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