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Whipped Feta and Herb Dip

Blend feta cheese with yogurt and fresh herbs, then serve with crackers, pita chips and fresh-cut veggies for a quick, healthy snack. Ready in about 5 minutes.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Whipped Feta and Herb Dip

Why it works: Dill and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 669 recipes. Both carry p-mentha-1,3,8-triene, which smells camphor, herbal. The science ↓

Whipped Feta and Herb Dip

Serves 4
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

226Calories
25 gProtein
10 gFat
9 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1

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. Dill + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together669 recipes

    Shared aroma: p-mentha-1,3,8-triene (camphor, herbal).

  2. Chive + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,149 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Chive + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together587 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Dill + mustardtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together560 recipes

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

  5. Parsley + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,150 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (feta cheese, yogurt, dill, parsley, chive, garlic):

  1. Cucumberfits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against feta cheese, yogurt, dill, parsley, chive, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.