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Ranchy Fruit and Nut Salad

"Quick, tasty and simple salad - the nuts and dried fruit make a great combo."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Ranchy Fruit and Nut Salad

Why it works: Sunflower and almond match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 165 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Ranchy Fruit and Nut Salad

8 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

498Calories
20 gProtein
34 gFat
33 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Ranch1 tbsp (15g) dressing73
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Flax Seed1 tbsp (10g) ground55
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saladnot 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. Sunflower + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together165 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Tomato + sunflowertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together404 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  4. Tomato + parmesan cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,490 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Sunflower + garlictop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together651 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ranch, tomato, sunflower, garlic, parmesan cheese):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Almondthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ranch, tomato, sunflower, garlic, parmesan cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.