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Slow Cooker Creamed Spinach

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Slow Cooker Creamed Spinach

Why it works: Cottage cheese and cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 126 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Slow Cooker Creamed Spinach

8 servings
Prep20 min
Cook5 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

853Calories
38 gProtein
32 gFat
100 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cottage Cheese1/2 cup (113g) 2%98
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Salt1 tsp (6g)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.

  1. Cottage cheese + cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together126 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Cottage cheese + buttertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together376 recipes

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

  4. Spinach + flourtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,564 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Spinach + cottage cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together106 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the spinach

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cottage cheese, butter, egg, cheese, flour):

  1. Chivefits about as well
  2. Spinachthe original
  3. Welsh onionfits about as well
  4. Asparagusfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against cottage cheese, butter, egg, cheese, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.