Name: Crunchy Apple, Cinnamon and Pear Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: ½ cups FOR THE CINNAMON DRESSING:; 2 Tablespoons White Distilled Vinegar; 1 teaspoon Plus 1 Teaspoon Truvía® Natural Sweetener Spoonable; ⅛ teaspoons Kosher Salt; ½ teaspoons Ground Black Pepper; ¼ cups Ground Cinnamon; 2 cups Canola Or Olive Oil; 2 cups FOR THE SALAD:; 2 cups Celery, Chopped Diagonally

Why it works: Pepper and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 16,012 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Crunchy Apple, Cinnamon and Pear Salad

Serves 6

Prep10 min

Ingredients

½ cups FOR THE CINNAMON DRESSING:
2 Tablespoons White Distilled Vinegar
1 teaspoon Plus 1 Teaspoon Truvía® Natural Sweetener Spoonable
⅛ teaspoons Kosher Salt
½ teaspoons Ground Black Pepper
¼ cups Ground Cinnamon
2 cups Canola Or Olive Oil
2 cups FOR THE SALAD:
2 cups Celery, Chopped Diagonally

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

264Calories

1 gProtein

28 gFat

5 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Canola	1 tbsp (14g)	124
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Salad	not in our table	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.

Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together16,012 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Cinnamon + celerytop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,009 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Olive + celerytop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,667 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Cinnamon + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,890 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
Vinegar + olivetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,297 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

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

Swap the cinnamon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vinegar, pepper, olive, celery):

Tarragonfits better
Parsleyfits better
Thymefits better
Cinnamonthe original

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

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