Name: Tenderstem, Beetroot and Toasted Seed Salad Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: 4 people
Ingredients: 200 Tenderstem broccoli stems, cut in half; g mixed seeds (e.g. sunflower, pumpkin, sesame); 80 Kikkoman Soy Sauce; g cooked beetroot, cut into wedges; 1 small bunch fresh chives, snipped; tbsp cold pressed rapeseed oil; 250 -1/2 lemon, juice only; g freshly ground black pepper & sea salt, to taste

Why it works: Beetroot and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 172 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Tenderstem, Beetroot and Toasted Seed Salad Recipe

4 people

Prep5 min

Cook5 min

Ingredients

200 Tenderstem broccoli stems, cut in half
g mixed seeds (e.g. sunflower, pumpkin, sesame)
80 Kikkoman Soy Sauce
g cooked beetroot, cut into wedges
1 small bunch fresh chives, snipped
tbsp cold pressed rapeseed oil
250 -1/2 lemon, juice only
g freshly ground black pepper & sea salt, to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

368Calories

11 gProtein

28 gFat

24 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 12 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Sunflower	1 oz (28g) hulled	165
Sesame	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Chives	1 tbsp (3g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Seed	not in our table	0
Pumpkin	not in our table	0
Beetroot	not in our table	0
Rapeseed Oil	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 lovefood. 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.

Beetroot + chivetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together172 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Broccoli + sesametop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together372 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
Broccoli + beetroottop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together138 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Sunflower + sesametop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together172 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Broccoli + chivetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together120 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the pumpkin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (broccoli, sunflower, sesame, sauce, beetroot, chive, lemon):

Avocadofits better
Limefits better
Coconutfits better
Pumpkinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against broccoli, sunflower, sesame, sauce, beetroot, chive, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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