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Tuna Broccoli Roll Up Casserole

"This Tuna Broccoli Roll Up Casserole is a great alternative to the common tuna casserole. It's colorful and the flavors blend together to make a yummy complete meal. It's one of my husbands favorite recipes."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Tuna Broccoli Roll Up Casserole

Why it works: Broccoli and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,294 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Tuna Broccoli Roll Up Casserole

6 servings
Prep10 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1252Calories
60 gProtein
42 gFat
160 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
Salmon100g cooked208
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soupnot 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. Broccoli + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Mushroom + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,719 recipes

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

  3. Broccoli + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,118 recipes

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

  4. Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

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

  5. Mushroom + cheddar cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together705 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

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, mushroom, milk, broccoli, cheddar cheese, onion, flour):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, mushroom, milk, broccoli, cheddar cheese, onion, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.