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Romance-in-a-Bowl Salad

"This eclectic salad is so easy and tasty you'll want to eat it everyday! My boyfriend said it was the best he's ever had. Full of aphrodisiacs, this salad is perfect for Valentine's Day or a romantic evening at home. For more aphrodisiacs, add asparagus, avocado or pine nuts."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Romance-in-a-Bowl Salad

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Romance-in-a-Bowl Salad

2 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

394Calories
13 gProtein
14 gFat
61 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Raspberry1 cup (123g)64
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Saladnot in our table0
Salad Dressingnot 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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Walnut + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together993 recipes

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

  3. Carrot + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21,601 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Carrot + walnuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together506 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Carrot + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,930 recipes

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

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

Swap the currant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (carrot, onion, garlic, walnut, almond, feta cheese):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against carrot, onion, garlic, walnut, almond, feta cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.