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Toasted Quinoa Granola

"Quick and easy. Sprinkle a few tablespoons of this nutty-tasting granola on yogurt. Quinoa is high in protein."

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Toasted Quinoa Granola

Why it works: Quinoa and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 465 recipes. Both carry 2-heptenal, which smells green. The science ↓

Toasted Quinoa Granola

1 1/4 cups
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

454Calories
10 gProtein
21 gFat
58 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Flax Seed1 tbsp (10g) ground55
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6

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. Quinoa + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together465 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

  2. Quinoa + cinnamontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together63 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Olive + cinnamontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,501 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Maple syrup + cinnamontop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together649 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Quinoa + maple syruptop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

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

Swap the cinnamon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, maple syrup, olive):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Garlicfits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Cinnamonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against quinoa, maple syrup, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.