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Green Bean and Avocado Summer Salad

This green bean and avocado summer salad is packed full of the great flavors of Spring and Summer.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Green Bean and Avocado Summer Salad

Why it works: Shallot and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 859 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Green Bean and Avocado Summer Salad

Serves 6
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

804Calories
16 gProtein
38 gFat
110 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple Juice1 medium (182g)95
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Green Beans1 cup (100g)31
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Shallot + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together859 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Shallot + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,677 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, shallot, clove, garlic, apple cider vinegar, mustard, pepper):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, shallot, clove, garlic, apple cider vinegar, mustard, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.