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Green Bean and Feta Salad From Athenos

"Crisp-tender green beans are tossed with a cheesy garlic dressing, crumbled feta cheese, red onion, and fresh dill for a delicious side dish full of flavor."

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Green Bean and Feta Salad From Athenos

Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Green Bean and Feta Salad From Athenos

10 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

309Calories
18 gProtein
19 gFat
20 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
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Green Beans1 cup (100g)31
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Salad Dressingnot 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 allrecipes. 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. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Cheese + feta cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together113 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Green beans + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together197 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Garlic + dilltop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together943 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Feta cheese + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cheese, garlic, feta cheese, onion, dill):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Cucumberfits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cheese, garlic, feta cheese, onion, dill. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.