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Three Bean Salad

"Beans are a great source of protein and fiber and have been shown to reduce cholesterol. Combining the great tastes of Red Kidney Beans, Chick Peas and GOYA® Blackeye Peas, along with fresh herbs and GOYA® Extra Virgin Olive Oil will create a side dish that will impress your family and contribute to their health-conscious diet."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Three Bean Salad

Why it works: Pepper and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,047 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Three Bean Salad

8 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

364Calories
6 gProtein
28 gFat
25 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Saladnot in our table0
Red Kidney Beannot 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. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Peas + cucumbertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together629 recipes

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

  3. Cucumber + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,611 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

  4. Lemon + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Cucumber + vinegartop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,734 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

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

Swap the kidney beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (peas, cucumber, pepper, red wine, vinegar, lemon, olive):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Sesamefits better
  4. Kidney beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against peas, cucumber, pepper, red wine, vinegar, lemon, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.