Name: Roasted Vegetable and Couscous Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 3 cups broccoli florets, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 1 red bell pepper, cut into 1-inch squares; 1 1/2 cups red onion, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch slices; 6 tablespoons soybean oil, divided (often labeled "vegetable oil"); 1/2 tablespoon ground black pepper, divided; 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided; 1 1/2 cups dry giant Israeli couscous; 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

Why it works: Broccoli and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,294 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Roasted Vegetable and Couscous Salad

6 servings

Prep15 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

3 cups broccoli florets, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 red bell pepper, cut into 1-inch squares
1 1/2 cups red onion, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch slices
6 tablespoons soybean oil, divided (often labeled "vegetable oil")
1/2 tablespoon ground black pepper, divided
1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
1 1/2 cups dry giant Israeli couscous
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

434Calories

12 gProtein

15 gFat

65 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Couscous	1 cup cooked (157g)	176
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Soybean Oil	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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.

Broccoli + oniontop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,294 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Onion + soybeantop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together93 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Broccoli + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,747 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Soybean + vinegartop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together40 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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

Swap the soybean

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (broccoli, pepper, onion, vinegar):

Sesamefits better
Black-eyed peafits better
Beansfits better
Soybeanthe original

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

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