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Rutabaga Salad

"Combine couscous, rutabaga, and nutritional yeast, then pour on a dressing. You have an interesting combination of flavors! This makes a great vegetarian meal! This is a basic recipe. More herbs or extra vegetables may be added for color and flavor."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Rutabaga Salad

Why it works: Oregano and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 104 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Rutabaga Salad

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

840Calories
20 gProtein
16 gFat
153 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Couscous1 cup cooked (157g)176
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Rutabaganot in our table0
Waternot 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. Oregano + dilltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together104 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Dill + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

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

  3. Oregano + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Apple cider vinegar + honeytop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together169 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  5. Honey + peppertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,990 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the rutabaga

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (apple cider vinegar, honey, oregano, dill, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Carrotfits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Rutabagathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against apple cider vinegar, honey, oregano, dill, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.