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Quinoa Prune Breakfast Porridge

"A delicious, nutrient-rich, and satisfying breakfast for cold mornings. Quinoa for protein and chewiness; prunes for fiber and sweetness; vanilla almond milk, nutmeg and cinnamon for feel-good flavor!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Quinoa Prune Breakfast Porridge

Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Quinoa Prune Breakfast Porridge

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

431Calories
17 gProtein
21 gFat
48 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Almond Milk1 cup (240ml) unsweetened30
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Prunenot 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. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Almond + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,514 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Vanilla + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  4. Quinoa + almondtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together62 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Almond + nutmegtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,115 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, butter, vanilla, almond, milk, cinnamon, nutmeg):

  1. Pistachiofits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Flaxseedfits better
  4. Peanutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against quinoa, butter, vanilla, almond, milk, cinnamon, nutmeg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.