Name: Lightened-Up Fully Loaded Baked Potato Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 1-½ pound Potatoes, (I Used Half Red And Half Yukon Gold); ½ cups Sour Cream (fat-free); ¼ cups Mayonnaise; 3 strips Bacon, Cooked, Crumbled (I Used Oscar Meyer Center Cut 70 Calories); ¼ cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese, Reduced Fat; ¼ cups Chopped Scallions

Why it works: Potato and cheddar cheese work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 932 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Lightened-Up Fully Loaded Baked Potato Salad

Serves 5

Prep10 min

Cook25 min

Ingredients

1-½ pound Potatoes, (I Used Half Red And Half Yukon Gold)
½ cups Sour Cream (fat-free)
¼ cups Mayonnaise
3 strips Bacon, Cooked, Crumbled (I Used Oscar Meyer Center Cut 70 Calories)
¼ cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese, Reduced Fat
¼ cups Chopped Scallions

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

539Calories

39 gProtein

19 gFat

54 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43

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.

Potato + cheddar cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together932 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Cream + cheddar cheesetop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,036 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Potato + creamtop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,481 recipes

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

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