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Quinoa Turkey Stuffing

"Quinoa, a delicious and nutritious whole grain, is used to make a light and tasty turkey stuffing. I prefer to bake this stuffing in the bird, but it can be baked separately in another baking dish and basted with the turkey juice."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Quinoa Turkey Stuffing

Why it works: Quinoa and pine share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 31 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Quinoa Turkey Stuffing

8 servings
Prep20 min
Cook4 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

639Calories
17 gProtein
24 gFat
98 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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. Quinoa + pinetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together31 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Pine + clovetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together209 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Apple + clovetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,774 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Quinoa + clovetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Quinoa + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together414 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, onion, mushroom, apple, pine, nuts, clove):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Cherryfits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against quinoa, onion, mushroom, apple, pine, nuts, clove. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.