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Tropical Smoothie

I am a regular smoothie drinker and sometimes I blend up all my favorite vegetables and fruits, and drink a healthy smoothie rather than take a meal. They are just amazing. And with the rising heat levels, this is the perfect weather to have something so cool.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Tropical Smoothie

Why it works: Banana and pineapple match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 733 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Tropical Smoothie

Serves 3
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

357Calories
21 gProtein
2 gFat
73 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Peach1 medium (150g)59
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11

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. Banana + pineappletop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together733 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Peach + pineappletop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together168 recipes

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

  3. Peach + bananatop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together130 recipes

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

  4. Lime + pineappletop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together469 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Lime + bananatop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together167 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (peach, yogurt, banana, pineapple):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Strawberryfits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Limethe original

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