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Sweet Dijon Salad Dressing

"I love this tangy, sweet salad dressing! Great on any green salad, but especially good on a salad of mixed greens, dried cranberries, and toasted walnuts with just a little feta cheese."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Sweet Dijon Salad Dressing

Why it works: Mustard and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,950 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Sweet Dijon Salad Dressing

12 servings
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

125Calories
0 gProtein
14 gFat
0 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3

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. Mustard + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Apple cider vinegar + olivetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together439 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  3. Apple cider vinegar + mustardtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together254 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (apple cider vinegar, olive):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits about as well
  3. Kalefits about as well
  4. Mustardthe original

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