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Spinach-Green Bean Casserole

"This is such a great dish! You can get creative by adding more options like water chestnuts, nuts, green onion, shrimp... the list is endless. This recipe was a accidental mixture that has been a hit over and over."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Spinach-Green Bean Casserole

Why it works: Mushroom and spinach work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 778 recipes. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓

Spinach-Green Bean Casserole

8 servings
Prep10 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

397Calories
31 gProtein
15 gFat
38 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Soupnot 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. Mushroom + spinachtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together778 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  2. Spinach + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,336 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Mushroom + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,626 recipes

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

  4. Green beans + spinachtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  5. Mushroom + green beanstop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together49 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 (milk, cream, mushroom, spinach, onion):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Leekfits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, cream, mushroom, spinach, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.