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Grilled Summer Squash with Fresh Mint Vinaigrette

If you have ever planted zucchini or summer squash, you know that at some point you are going to end up with more squashes than you know what to do with. That’s the time to pull out this recipe. Grilled summer squashes are splendid on their own, of course. But top them with this simple mint vinaigrette and you won’t mind that garden surplus.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Grilled Summer Squash with Fresh Mint Vinaigrette

Why it works: Rice and sesame match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 984 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Grilled Summer Squash with Fresh Mint Vinaigrette

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

264Calories
1 gProtein
27 gFat
5 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Peppermintnot 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 williamssonoma. 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. Rice + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together984 recipes

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

  2. Olive + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,111 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Olive + ricetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,994 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Mint + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,372 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Olive + minttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,240 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, rice, vinegar, pepper, sesame):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, rice, vinegar, pepper, sesame. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.