Name: Blueberry-Banana Smoothies
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 2 whole Bananas, Peeled, Cut Into Chunks And Frozen; ½ cups Skim Milk; 2-¼ cups Frozen Blueberries; 1 Tablespoon Honey; ½ cups Non-Fat Greek Yogurt

Why it works: Honey and yogurt work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 660 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity. The science ↓

Blueberry-Banana Smoothies

Serves 3

Ingredients

2 whole Bananas, Peeled, Cut Into Chunks And Frozen
½ cups Skim Milk
2-¼ cups Frozen Blueberries
1 Tablespoon Honey
½ cups Non-Fat Greek Yogurt

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

502Calories

28 gProtein

10 gFat

83 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Banana	1 medium (118g)	105
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Blueberry	1 cup (148g)	84
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64

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.

Honey + yogurttop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together660 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).
Banana + honeytop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together395 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
Milk + honeytop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,336 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).
Banana + yogurttop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together508 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Banana + milktop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,470 recipes

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

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

Swap the banana

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

Vanillafits better
Strawberryfits about as well
Figfits about as well
Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, honey, yogurt. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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