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Warm Purple Power Salad with a Tangy Honey Vinaigrette

Power up with this warm purple salad. Chock full of protein, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals, this salad will give you an energy boost and keep you from getting sick!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Warm Purple Power Salad with a Tangy Honey Vinaigrette

Why it works: Mustard and celery are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,169 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Warm Purple Power Salad with a Tangy Honey Vinaigrette

Serves 6
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

443Calories
8 gProtein
15 gFat
77 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Beet1/2 cup (85g)35
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Celery Seed1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saladnot 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. Mustard + celerytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,169 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Mustard + cabbagetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,645 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Celery + oreganotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together559 recipes

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

  4. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Olive + oreganotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,443 recipes

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

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

Swap the oregano

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, mustard, apple cider vinegar, honey, celery, pepper, cabbage):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Dillfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Oreganothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, mustard, apple cider vinegar, honey, celery, pepper, cabbage. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.