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Healthy Garlicky Spinach Artichoke Dip with Baked Tofu Fries

Here's another way to incorporate more tofu in your life! :-) I developed a series of recipes for Mori-Nu tofu, made Tualatin, Oregon, USA. You'll love this one! ~Jaden   If you're look...

By steamykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Healthy Garlicky Spinach Artichoke Dip with Baked Tofu Fries

Why it works: Spinach and artichoke match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 192 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Healthy Garlicky Spinach Artichoke Dip with Baked Tofu Fries

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

347Calories
30 gProtein
18 gFat
22 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tofu100g firm76
Artichoke1 medium (128g)60
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
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 steamykitchen. 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. Spinach + artichoketop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together192 recipes

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

  2. Lemon + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Artichoke + lemontop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together636 recipes

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

  4. Spinach + dilltop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together115 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  5. Spinach + lemontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,109 recipes

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

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tofu, spinach, artichoke, parmesan cheese, lemon):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Garlicfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tofu, spinach, artichoke, parmesan cheese, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.