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Low Fat Granola Bars with Bananas, Cranberries & Pecans

By cookincanuck · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Low Fat Granola Bars with Bananas, Cranberries & Pecans

Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg 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 ↓

Low Fat Granola Bars with Bananas, Cranberries & Pecans

Makes approximately 18 bars.

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

590Calories
12 gProtein
29 gFat
80 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Flax Seed1 tbsp (10g) ground55
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
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 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.

  1. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Oats + pecanstop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together289 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  3. Oats + cinnamontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,394 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Pecans + cinnamontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Oats + bananatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together288 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, pecans, cinnamon, nutmeg):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Pumpkinfits better
  3. Blueberryfits better
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, pecans, cinnamon, nutmeg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.