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Perfectly-Roasted Spaghetti Squash

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By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
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Perfectly-Roasted Spaghetti Squash

Why it works: Butternut squash and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 689 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Perfectly-Roasted Spaghetti Squash

Serves 4
Prep5 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

119Calories
0 gProtein
14 gFat
0 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot 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 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. Butternut squash + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together689 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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