Name: Muesli with Almonds, Coconut and Dried Fruit
Ingredients: 2 cups rolled oats; 1 cup chopped almonds; 1 cup unsweetened or lightly sweetened puffed brown rice cereal; 1/2 cup unsweetened or lightly sweetened bran flakes; 1/3 cup unsweetened flaked coconut; 3 Tbs. toasted pumpkin seeds; 3 Tbs. toasted sunflower seeds; 3/4 cup dried cherries or raisins; 1/2 cup chopped pitted dates

Why it works: Coconut and sunflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 194 recipes. Both carry beta-pinene, which smells pine, resin. The science ↓

Muesli with Almonds, Coconut and Dried Fruit

Ingredients

2 cups rolled oats
1 cup chopped almonds
1 cup unsweetened or lightly sweetened puffed brown rice cereal
1/2 cup unsweetened or lightly sweetened bran flakes
1/3 cup unsweetened flaked coconut
3 Tbs. toasted pumpkin seeds
3 Tbs. toasted sunflower seeds
3/4 cup dried cherries or raisins
1/2 cup chopped pitted dates

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1030Calories

21 gProtein

45 gFat

145 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 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
Coconut	1/2 cup shredded (40g)	283
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Sunflower	1 oz (28g) hulled	165
Oat	1/2 cup dry (40g)	154
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Date	1 date (24g) medjool	66
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Almond	1 almond (1.2g)	7
Pumpkin	not in our table	0
Seed	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 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.

Coconut + sunflowertop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together194 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-pinene (pine, resin).
Almond + sunflowertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together165 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Almond + raisintop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,781 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).
Almond + coconuttop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,093 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).
Rice + coconuttop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,063 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, almond, rice, coconut, pumpkin, sunflower, dates):

Vanillafits better
Cherryfits better
Figfits better
Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, almond, rice, coconut, pumpkin, sunflower, dates. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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