Name: Egg and Cheese Muffin with Spinach
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 whole Eggs; ¼ cups Milk - Use Any Kind You Have Or Replace With Milk Powder Or Omit It Completely; ½ cups Shredded Cheese – I’m Using A Mix Of Cheddar And Pepper Jack Cheese, You Can Use Any Cheese; ¼ cups Spinach – I’m Using Fresh Chopped Spinach, You Can Use Fresh Or Frozen; 1 teaspoon Salt As Per Taste; ½ teaspoons Crushed Black Pepper; 1 Tablespoon Crushed Red Chili Flakes – As Per Taste Or OMIT Completely; 5 stalks Asparagus - Blanched – For Decoration; 1 Tablespoon Cream Cheese – Decoration

Why it works: Spinach and asparagus match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 274 recipes. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓

Egg and Cheese Muffin with Spinach

Serves 4

Prep5 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

4 whole Eggs
¼ cups Milk - Use Any Kind You Have Or Replace With Milk Powder Or Omit It Completely
½ cups Shredded Cheese – I’m Using A Mix Of Cheddar And Pepper Jack Cheese, You Can Use Any Cheese
¼ cups Spinach – I’m Using Fresh Chopped Spinach, You Can Use Fresh Or Frozen
1 teaspoon Salt As Per Taste
½ teaspoons Crushed Black Pepper
1 Tablespoon Crushed Red Chili Flakes – As Per Taste Or OMIT Completely
5 stalks Asparagus - Blanched – For Decoration
1 Tablespoon Cream Cheese – Decoration

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

749Calories

42 gProtein

51 gFat

36 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 11 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Milk Powder	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Asparagus	6 spears (90g)	27
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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.

Spinach + asparagustop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together274 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
Cheese + cream cheesetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together473 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Pepper + spinachtop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,400 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Pepper + asparagustop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,968 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Milk + cheesetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,426 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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 (egg, milk, cheese, pepper, asparagus, cream cheese):

Potatofits about as well
Capsicumfits about as well
Chivefits about as well
Spinachthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, milk, cheese, pepper, asparagus, cream cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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