Name: Romano Bean Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 1 pound fresh romano or green beans, trimmed; 2 cloves garlic, sliced; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 fresh mint leaves, torn; salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar; 2 mint leaves, for garnish

Why it works: Garlic and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Romano Bean Salad

2 servings

Prep10 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

1 pound fresh romano or green beans, trimmed
2 cloves garlic, sliced
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 fresh mint leaves, torn
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
2 mint leaves, for garnish

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

163Calories

1 gProtein

14 gFat

9 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Peppermint	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.

Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Green beans + garlictop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together197 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Green beans + olivetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together226 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (clove, garlic, olive, mint, pepper, white wine, vinegar):

Capsicumfits better
Tomatofits better
Cucumberfits better
Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against clove, garlic, olive, mint, pepper, white wine, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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