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Veggie Quinoa

"I blundered into this delicious mix of ingredients while trying to use up leftover vegetables in the fridge. Even friends who 'don't like vegetarian cooking' have enjoyed it. I like the slightly bitter taste of unwashed quinoa (just check for unwanted debris before you use it), but most recipes call for rinsed quinoa."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Veggie Quinoa

Why it works: Quinoa and spinach share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 79 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Veggie Quinoa

2 cups
Prep10 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

542Calories
24 gProtein
23 gFat
66 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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 + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together79 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + broccolitop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,072 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Broccoli + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together302 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  4. Garlic + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,435 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Quinoa + broccolitop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together55 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the broccoli

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, olive, garlic, tofu, mushroom, spinach):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Kalefits better
  3. Chivefits about as well
  4. Broccolithe original

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