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Vegetarian Bodacious Broccoli Salad

"Chopped broccoli, crumbly bacon, lots of grated cheese, and red onion are doused with a lovely red wine vinegar and mayonnaise dressing, and chilled."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Vegetarian Bodacious Broccoli Salad

Why it works: Broccoli and cauliflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 127 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Vegetarian Bodacious Broccoli Salad

12 servings
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

503Calories
39 gProtein
20 gFat
46 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Broccoli + cauliflowertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together127 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Broccoli + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Cheddar cheese + yogurttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,032 recipes

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

  4. Cauliflower + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together935 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Red wine + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together575 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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

Swap the cauliflower

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (broccoli, cheddar cheese, onion, yogurt, red wine, vinegar, sugar):

  1. Mustardfits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Cauliflowerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against broccoli, cheddar cheese, onion, yogurt, red wine, vinegar, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.