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Blueberry, Feta and Quinoa Salad with Lemon Basil Dressing

Quick and healthy vegetarian salad combining sweet, tart blueberries with salty feta cheese. Make in advance for an easy grab and go lunch!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Blueberry, Feta and Quinoa Salad with Lemon Basil Dressing

Why it works: Basil and pine match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 332 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

Blueberry, Feta and Quinoa Salad with Lemon Basil Dressing

Serves 4
Prep10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

777Calories
22 gProtein
49 gFat
70 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Blueberry1 cup (148g)84
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
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 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. Basil + pinetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together332 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  2. Lemon + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,823 recipes

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

  3. Quinoa + pinetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together31 recipes

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

  4. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

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

  5. Olive + basiltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,063 recipes

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

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lemon, olive, mustard, basil, pepper, quinoa, pine):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Lentilsfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lemon, olive, mustard, basil, pepper, quinoa, pine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.