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Quinoa Salad with Grapefruit, Avocado, and Arugula

"Intriguing combination of quinoa, arugula, dried cranberries, avocado and grapefruit with a spicy dressing make this a snazzy side dish or lovely summer lunch main dish."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Quinoa Salad with Grapefruit, Avocado, and Arugula

Why it works: Lime and mint match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 846 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Quinoa Salad with Grapefruit, Avocado, and Arugula

4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

801Calories
15 gProtein
40 gFat
108 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 16 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Grapefruit1/2 fruit (123g)52
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Arugula1 cup (20g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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. Lime + minttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together846 recipes

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

  2. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  3. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Quinoa + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together81 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Quinoa + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together289 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, lime, olive, honey, clove, garlic, pepper):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Corianderfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against quinoa, lime, olive, honey, clove, garlic, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.