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Thanksgiving Any Day Rollups

"With delicious holiday ingredients, you can have an easy, healthy, and portable taste of Thanksgiving any day! Sliced, cooked turkey can be substituted for the Tofurky® if desired."

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Thanksgiving Any Day Rollups

Why it works: Cream cheese and cheddar cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 467 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Thanksgiving Any Day Rollups

3 roll-ups
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

946Calories
28 gProtein
27 gFat
150 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)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.

  1. Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together467 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Onion + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,907 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Celery + chivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together359 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Celery + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, cheddar cheese, turkey, celery, onion, chive, pepper):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Chestnutfits better
  3. Sesamefits better
  4. Pecansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, cheddar cheese, turkey, celery, onion, chive, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.