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Strawberry Spinach Salad

A simple but decadent salad. Serve with chicken as a main course, or alone as the perfect complement to any meal!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Strawberry Spinach Salad

Why it works: Sesame and spinach match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 203 recipes. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓

Strawberry Spinach Salad

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

497Calories
12 gProtein
40 gFat
25 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Poppy Seednot in our table0

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. Sesame + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together203 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  2. Sesame + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  3. Sesame + poppy seedtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together106 recipes

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

  4. Sesame + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,111 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Olive + spinachtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,971 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the poppy seed

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sesame, olive, vinegar, sauce, onion, spinach, walnut):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Poppy seedthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sesame, olive, vinegar, sauce, onion, spinach, walnut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.