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Tropical Zucchini Carrot Muffins

"Super scrumptious way to use up the summer zucchini harvest."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Tropical Zucchini Carrot Muffins

Why it works: Cinnamon and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,287 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

Tropical Zucchini Carrot Muffins

20 muffins
Prep20 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

822Calories
27 gProtein
9 gFat
156 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Papayanot 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. Cinnamon + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  2. Wheat + cinnamontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together537 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

  3. Papaya + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together23 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Cinnamon + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together981 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Honey + vanillatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,262 recipes

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

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

Swap the papaya

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, flour, cinnamon, carrot, honey, egg, vanilla):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Blueberryfits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Papayathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, flour, cinnamon, carrot, honey, egg, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.