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Healthy & Light 1000 Island Dressing

This is a light version of the rather heavy 1000 Island dressing. I lightened it up with a mix of vegan mayo and Greek non-fat yogurt. I also reduced the sugar and sodium by using my homemade ketchup and less salt. With minced red bell pepper and the cucumber relish, it’s just very fresh! Serve with crisp lettuce (e.g. iceberg), tomatoes, cucumbers and other raw veggies, or with a seafood salad or smoked salmon.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Healthy & Light 1000 Island Dressing

Why it works: Ketchup and sauce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,099 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Healthy & Light 1000 Island Dressing

Serves 1
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

573Calories
21 gProtein
29 gFat
62 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Canola1 tbsp (14g)124
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Red Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Relishnot 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. Ketchup + saucetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,099 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Ketchup + sugartop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together260 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Onion + cucumbertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,050 recipes

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

  5. Lemon + cucumbertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, ketchup, sugar, sauce, pepper, lemon, cucumber):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Horseradishfits better
  3. Mustardfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, ketchup, sugar, sauce, pepper, lemon, cucumber. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.