Name: Raw Kale Salad with Lemon, Parmesan and Cannellini Beans
Prep time: 5 min
Ingredients: 1 bunch curly kale, washed, dried and thinly chopped; 1 cup cooked cannelini beans; 1/4 cup finely shredded Parmesan cheese; 1 tsp Dijon mustard; 1 1/2 tsp finely grated lemon zest; 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice; Kosher salt; Freshly cracked black pepper; 6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

Why it works: Kale and mustard share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 98 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Raw Kale Salad with Lemon, Parmesan and Cannellini Beans

Prep5 min

Ingredients

1 bunch curly kale, washed, dried and thinly chopped
1 cup cooked cannelini beans
1/4 cup finely shredded Parmesan cheese
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1 1/2 tsp finely grated lemon zest
2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
Kosher salt
Freshly cracked black pepper
6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

257Calories

12 gProtein

21 gFat

8 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Bean	not in our table	0

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

By whatsgabycooking. 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.

Kale + mustardtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together98 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Kale + beanstop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together92 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Beans + mustardtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together852 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Kale + lemontop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together226 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (kale, beans, parmesan cheese, mustard, pepper, olive):

Avocadofits better
Limefits better
Lemonthe original
Cherryfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against kale, beans, parmesan cheese, mustard, pepper, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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