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Blueberry Spinach Smoothie

A smoothie made with blueberries, banana, spinach, strawberries and Greek yogurt.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Spinach and almond match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 352 recipes mention both. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts, soy (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By tastykitchen. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Spinach + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together352 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Banana + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together549 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Yogurt + honeytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together659 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  4. Banana + honeytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together395 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Coconut + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,091 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yogurt, banana, spinach, milk, coconut, honey):

  1. Peanutbetter flavor fit
  2. Chickpeaabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Flaxseedabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Almondthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against yogurt, banana, spinach, milk, coconut, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).