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Spaghetti Salad III

"This is a very easy salad to make and you can add almost anything to it. We like adding shrimp but you could use tuna or crab."

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Spaghetti Salad III

Why it works: Celery and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 18,518 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Spaghetti Salad III

8 servings
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

211Calories
30 gProtein
1 gFat
22 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Shrimp100g cooked99
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
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. Celery + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Celery + peastop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,832 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Onion + peastop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,460 recipes

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

  4. Shrimp + oniontop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Celery + ranchtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together42 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (celery, shrimp, onion, ranch):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Sesamefits better
  3. Cashew nutfits about as well
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against celery, shrimp, onion, ranch. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.