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Caprese Salad Pita Pockets

Luscious mozzarella all snuggled up inside a whole-wheat pita with some fire-engine-red tomatoes, vibrant green basil and super silky balsamic vinegar dressing.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Caprese Salad Pita Pockets

Why it works: Cucumber and spinach match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 355 recipes. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Caprese Salad Pita Pockets

Serves 4
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

395Calories
12 gProtein
21 gFat
45 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
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Buffalonot 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. Cucumber + spinachtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together355 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  2. Basil + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,063 recipes

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

  3. Cherry tomato + basiltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10 recipes

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

  4. Spinach + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,971 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Cucumber + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,611 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (buffalo, mozzarella cheese, cucumber, spinach, basil, vinegar, olive):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Cherryfits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against buffalo, mozzarella cheese, cucumber, spinach, basil, vinegar, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.