Name: Low-Fat Salmon Salad Sandwich Recipe with Capers
Prep time: 10 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 1 (6 oz) can pink or red salmon; 1/2 red bell pepper, diced; 1 large stalk celery, diced; 2 tbsp low-fat mayonnaise; 1 tbsp capers; 1/4 tsp ground pepper; 4 whole grain Wasa crackers (or something similar); 12 slices cucumber

Why it works: Capers and cucumber match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 303 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Low-Fat Salmon Salad Sandwich Recipe with Capers

Serves 2

Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

802Calories

42 gProtein

20 gFat

108 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Salmon	100g cooked	208
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Capers	1 tbsp (9g) drained	2

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

By cookincanuck. 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.

Capers + cucumbertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together303 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together16,012 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Celery + caperstop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together405 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Celery + cucumbertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,745 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Salmon + cucumbertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together513 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

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

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, pepper, capers, cucumber):

Dillfits better
Tarragonfits better
Parsleyfits better
Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, pepper, capers, cucumber. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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