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Quinoa Watermelon Salad

Celebrate the Summer Solstice with this summery salad!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 19 ingredients
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Quinoa Watermelon Salad

Why it works: Tomato and basil are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,979 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Quinoa Watermelon Salad

Serves 4
Prep20 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

950Calories
31 gProtein
43 gFat
122 gCarbs

Counts 16 of 18 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 16 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Watermelon1 cup diced (152g)46
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Saladnot in our table0
Pea Shootsnot 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 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. Tomato + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,979 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Quinoa + cucumbertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together85 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Quinoa + sunflowertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

  4. Tomato + cucumbertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,405 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Pepper + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, tomato, cucumber, pepper, onion, basil, sunflower):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Lentilsfits better
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against quinoa, tomato, cucumber, pepper, onion, basil, sunflower. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.