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Summer Lentil Salad

"Fresh salad great all year round, but especially during the summer served cold."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Summer Lentil Salad

Why it works: Celery and oregano match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 559 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Summer Lentil Salad

6 servings
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

292Calories
11 gProtein
14 gFat
32 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Lentil1/2 cup cooked (99g)115
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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. Celery + oreganotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together559 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Olive + oreganotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,443 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Lentils + oreganotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together59 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Lentils + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together727 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Lentils + celerytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together316 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lentils, celery, vinegar, olive, oregano):

  1. Mustardfits better
  2. Eggplantfits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lentils, celery, vinegar, olive, oregano. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.