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The Most Awesome Smoothie You'll Ever Make

"I make this smoothie every morning for breakfast for me and my boyfriend. It's rich in vitamins, antioxidants, fiber, omega-3 fats, monounsaturated fats, soy protein, and so much more! (Use natural peanut butter to eliminate partially hydrogenated fats.)"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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The Most Awesome Smoothie You'll Ever Make

Why it works: Soy milk and tofu share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 47 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

The Most Awesome Smoothie You'll Ever Make

6 cups
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1102Calories
48 gProtein
43 gFat
146 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Barley1 cup cooked (157g)193
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Soy Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Tofu100g firm76
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Kiwi1 medium (69g)42
Flaxseednot in our table0
Grassnot 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. Soy milk + tofutop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together47 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Banana + appletop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together435 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Tofu + peanuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Apple + orangetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,230 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Banana + peanuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together308 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (banana, apple, soy milk, yogurt, tofu, peanut, butter):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against banana, apple, soy milk, yogurt, tofu, peanut, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.