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Yogurt, Sun-Dried Tomato, Walnut, and Basil Dip

"Toasted walnuts, fat-free yogurt and sun-dried tomatoes that aren't packed in oil make this a light dip! Try serving as an appetizer with veggies, baked chips or as a topper for baked potatoes."

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Yogurt, Sun-Dried Tomato, Walnut, and Basil Dip

Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Yogurt, Sun-Dried Tomato, Walnut, and Basil Dip

12 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

203Calories
20 gProtein
4 gFat
24 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Tomato + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,979 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Garlic + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,805 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Basil + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, clove, garlic, onion, basil, yogurt, pepper):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Black-eyed peafits better
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, clove, garlic, onion, basil, yogurt, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.