Name: Strawberry Salad
Prep time: 20 min
Yield: 8 cups
Ingredients: 1 head romaine lettuce, cut or torn into bite-size pieces; 1 (10 ounce) package shredded cabbage; 1 1/2 cups golden raisins; 1 cup red grapes, halved; 1 pint strawberries, sliced; 1/2 red onion, sliced; 1 (12 ounce) bottle creamy poppy seed salad dressing; 2 (2.25 ounce) packages pine nuts; 2 (2.45 ounce) packages sliced almonds

Why it works: Lettuce and cabbage match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 622 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Strawberry Salad

8 cups

Prep20 min

Ingredients

1 head romaine lettuce, cut or torn into bite-size pieces
1 (10 ounce) package shredded cabbage
1 1/2 cups golden raisins
1 cup red grapes, halved
1 pint strawberries, sliced
1/2 red onion, sliced
1 (12 ounce) bottle creamy poppy seed salad dressing
2 (2.25 ounce) packages pine nuts
2 (2.45 ounce) packages sliced almonds

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

475Calories

12 gProtein

22 gFat

70 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pine Nut	1 oz (28g)	191
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Red Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Strawberry	1 cup (152g)	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Almond	1 almond (1.2g)	7
Romaine Lettuce	1 cup shredded (36g)	5
Poppy Seed	not in our table	0
Salad Dressing	not in our table	0

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.

Lettuce + cabbagetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together622 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Lettuce + pinetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together42 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Cabbage + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,001 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Lettuce + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,562 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Raisin + nutstop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together490 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lettuce, cabbage, grape, onion, poppy seed, pine, nuts):

Avocadofits better
Limefits better
Coconutfits better
Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lettuce, cabbage, grape, onion, poppy seed, pine, nuts. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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