Name: Roasted Baby Vegetables
Yield: Makes 6 servings
Ingredients: 20 baby carrots, peeled, tops trimmed; 8 ounces baby pattypan squash, halved; 8 baby golden beets, peeled, halved; 8 baby turnips, peeled, halved, or 3 medium parsnips, quartered lengthwise, cut into 3-inch pieces; 8 ounces baby zucchini, trimmed; 3 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley

Why it works: Carrot and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,053 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Roasted Baby Vegetables

Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

20 baby carrots, peeled, tops trimmed
8 ounces baby pattypan squash, halved
8 baby golden beets, peeled, halved
8 baby turnips, peeled, halved, or 3 medium parsnips, quartered lengthwise, cut into 3-inch pieces
8 ounces baby zucchini, trimmed
3 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

285Calories

5 gProtein

14 gFat

39 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Parsnip	1/2 cup (78g)	55
Beet	1/2 cup (85g)	35
Turnip	1 medium (122g)	34
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Pumpkin	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 epicurious. 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.

Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together8,053 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together8,002 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Turnip + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,842 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Olive + parsleytop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,649 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Carrot + olivetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,861 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 turnip

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (carrot, olive, parsley):

Parsnipfits better
Eggplantfits about as well
Tomatofits about as well
Turnipthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against carrot, olive, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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