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Whole Earth Kale Salad

"This is an awesome way to use kale in a delicious salad."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Whole Earth Kale Salad

Why it works: Carrot and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,053 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Whole Earth Kale Salad

12 servings
Prep20 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

654Calories
20 gProtein
34 gFat
74 gCarbs

Counts 16 of 17 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 16 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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. Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,053 recipes

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

  2. Tofu + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together250 recipes

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

  3. Almond + sesametop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together203 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetylpyrazine (roast).

  4. Almond + kaletop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together59 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Rice + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together984 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, tofu, almond, sesame, kale, carrot, parsley):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Broccolifits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, tofu, almond, sesame, kale, carrot, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.