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Kale, Apple, Avocado, and Bacon Salad

"This salad has everything: the creaminess of avocado, the tanginess of apple, the crunch of almonds, and, of course, bacon. A great way to use extra kale."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Kale, Apple, Avocado, and Bacon Salad

Why it works: Kale and avocado share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 54 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Kale, Apple, Avocado, and Bacon Salad

2 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

613Calories
11 gProtein
41 gFat
63 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Kale1 cup chopped (67g)33
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saladnot 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.

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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. Kale + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together54 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Avocado + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together98 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Kale + almondtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together59 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Avocado + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Lemon + kaletop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together226 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lemon, kale, avocado, almond, olive, apple cider vinegar, maple syrup):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Cherryfits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lemon, kale, avocado, almond, olive, apple cider vinegar, maple syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.