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Vegetarian Slow Cooker Meal

"Great vegetarian crock pot recipe from my mom. Ground turkey or grilled chicken added to the finished product are great additions for meat lovers. Italian-style diced tomatoes can also be added."

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Vegetarian Slow Cooker Meal

Why it works: Cheese and cream cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 473 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Vegetarian Slow Cooker Meal

6 servings
Prep5 min
Cook5 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

165Calories
6 gProtein
10 gFat
15 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Spinach1 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.

By allrecipes. 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. Cheese + cream cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Spinach + mushroomtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together778 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  3. Cheese + mushroomtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,015 recipes

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

  4. Cream cheese + mushroomtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together180 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  5. Cheese + spinachtop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together630 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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 (cheese, cream cheese, mushroom):

  1. Tomatofits about as well
  2. Chivefits about as well
  3. Capsicumfits about as well
  4. Spinachthe original

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