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Squash with Tomato and Feta Cheese

"This side dish is a savory alternative to sweetened squash side dishes. It has onion, green pepper, stuffing mix, tomato, and feta cheese."

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Squash with Tomato and Feta Cheese

Why it works: Pepper and rosemary match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,324 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Squash with Tomato and Feta Cheese

6 servings
Prep20 min
Cook55 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

944Calories
41 gProtein
30 gFat
128 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Stuffingnot 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.

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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. Pepper + rosemarytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,324 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

  3. Acorn + oniontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together19 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Onion + rosemarytop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,885 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  5. Egg + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the acorn

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, cream, onion, pepper, bread, parmesan cheese, rosemary):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Chestnutfits better
  3. Walnutfits better
  4. Acornthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, cream, onion, pepper, bread, parmesan cheese, rosemary. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.