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Watermelon and Tomato Salad

"A light and tangy combination of watermelon, tomato and mint creating a delicious combination of sweet, sour and salty flavors. While the melon should be chilled, the other ingredients are their most flavorful at room temperature, so combine the salad just before serving."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Watermelon and Tomato Salad

Why it works: Tomato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20,633 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Watermelon and Tomato Salad

8 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

287Calories
11 gProtein
10 gFat
42 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Watermelon1 cup diced (152g)46
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Peppermintnot 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. Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

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

  2. Tomato + feta cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together828 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Onion + feta cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  4. Mint + feta cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together278 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  5. Tomato + minttop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together828 recipes

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

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, onion, feta cheese):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, onion, feta cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.