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Wheat Berry Waldorf Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette

Refreshing and healthy salad packed with fruit and nuts. Fiber-filled deliciousness!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Wheat Berry Waldorf Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette

Why it works: Nutmeg and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Wheat Berry Waldorf Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette

Serves 4
Prep20 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

562Calories
7 gProtein
36 gFat
64 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Wheatnot in our table0
Gojinot 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 tastykitchen. 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. Nutmeg + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

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

  4. Orange + cinnamontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Wheat + cinnamontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together537 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, apple cider vinegar, pepper, nutmeg, cinnamon, olive, lemon):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Orangethe original
  3. Avocadofits about as well
  4. Blueberryfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, apple cider vinegar, pepper, nutmeg, cinnamon, olive, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.