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Watercress, Melon and Almond Salad

"Melons and watercress make great summer dessert salads. If you cannot find any watercress, try some fresh mint instead."

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Watercress, Melon and Almond Salad

Why it works: Lime and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,621 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Watercress, Melon and Almond Salad

4 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

291Calories
4 gProtein
15 gFat
42 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cantaloupe1 cup diced (160g)53
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Watermelon1 cup diced (152g)46
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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. Lime + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,621 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Lime + watercresstop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Watercress + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together28 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Lime + almondtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together258 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Ginger + almondtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,163 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, sugar, watercress, almond):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Cinnamonfits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Gingerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lime, sugar, watercress, almond. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.