Name: Mixed Grill Recipe with Sausages, Mini Peppers & Zucchini
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 6 flavored turkey or chicken pre-cooked sausages; 6 mini or 3 regular red, yellow or orange bell peppers; 2 small zucchini; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp ground pepper

Why it works: Orange and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,456 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Mixed Grill Recipe with Sausages, Mini Peppers & Zucchini

Serves 6

Prep20 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

6 flavored turkey or chicken pre-cooked sausages
6 mini or 3 regular red, yellow or orange bell peppers
2 small zucchini
1 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground pepper

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

638Calories

45 gProtein

45 gFat

13 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Sausage	100g cooked	301
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Orange Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By cookincanuck. 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.

Orange + olivetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,456 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Orange + peppertop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,402 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together30,263 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Turkey + peppertop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,636 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Turkey + olivetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together113 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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

Swap the orange

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

Lemonfits better
Limefits better
Plumfits about as well
Orangethe original

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

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