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Raw Veggie Picnic Salad

"Raw vegetable salad great for transporting and keeping cold!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Raw Veggie Picnic Salad

Why it works: Broccoli and almond match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 206 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Raw Veggie Picnic Salad

12 servings
Prep20 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

643Calories
31 gProtein
18 gFat
96 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Green Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Red Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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. Broccoli + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together206 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Broccoli + celerytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together807 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Broccoli + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Celery + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Broccoli + peastop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together402 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (broccoli, celery, onion, grape, almond, sugar, white wine):

  1. Cashew nutfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Chestnutfits better
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against broccoli, celery, onion, grape, almond, sugar, white wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.