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Heirloom BLT Salad

Raw kale salad with heirloom tomatoes, homemade coconut bacon and whole grain croutons, tossed in a garlicky lemon tahini dressing. This salad is vegan (and gluten free, if you skip the croutons).

By cookieandkate · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Heirloom BLT Salad

Why it works: Tomato and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Heirloom BLT Salad

2 to 4
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1086Calories
24 gProtein
51 gFat
138 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tahini1 tbsp (15g)89
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Smokenot in our table0
Waternot 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 cookieandkate. 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. Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Kale + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together647 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Olive + coconuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,672 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Kale + coconuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together47 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Bread + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,091 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the tahini

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (kale, tomato, bread, olive, coconut, sauce, maple syrup):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Tahinithe original

Fit is the average pairing score against kale, tomato, bread, olive, coconut, sauce, maple syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.