Name: Frozen Berry and Spinach Ice Pops
Prep time: 10 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup milk; 1 cup frozen blueberries; 1 cup frozen cherries; 1/2 cup Greek yogurt; 1/2 cup frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained; 3 tablespoons honey

Why it works: Yogurt and honey 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 ↓

Frozen Berry and Spinach Ice Pops

6 servings

Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

491Calories

29 gProtein

10 gFat

79 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Blueberry	1 cup (148g)	84
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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.

Yogurt + honeytop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together660 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,336 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).
Milk + yogurttop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,361 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).
Yogurt + spinachtop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together356 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Milk + spinachtop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together914 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the spinach

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

Potatofits better
Tomatofits better
Capsicumfits better
Spinachthe original

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

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