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Refreshing Summertime Salad

"Refreshing mango and watermelon mixes with fresh mint in this tasteful summer salad."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Refreshing Summertime Salad

Why it works: Feta cheese and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,482 recipes. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells apple, fatty. The science ↓

Refreshing Summertime Salad

4 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

424Calories
10 gProtein
24 gFat
47 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Watermelon1 cup diced (152g)46
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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. Feta cheese + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,482 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  2. Onion + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Mango + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together488 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Mango + minttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together148 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Feta cheese + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the mango

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mint, feta cheese, onion, vinegar, olive):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Mangothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mint, feta cheese, onion, vinegar, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.