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Greek Salad with Broccoli and Sun-Dried Tomatoes

Healthy, hearty Greek salad made with homemade dressig, farro and chickpeas. This recipe yields two medium salads or one huge salad. Salad recipe is loosely written; adjust to suit your preferences.

By cookieandkate · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Greek Salad with Broccoli and Sun-Dried Tomatoes

Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Greek Salad with Broccoli and Sun-Dried Tomatoes

Serves 2
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1494Calories
53 gProtein
47 gFat
224 gCarbs

Counts 19 of 22 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 19 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Barley1 cup cooked (157g)193
Farro1/2 cup cooked (100g)170
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Olive1 large (4g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pepitanot in our table0
Wheatnot in our table0
Speltnot 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 cookieandkate. 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. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

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

  2. Broccoli + chickpeatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together95 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Chickpea + sunflowertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together56 recipes

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

  4. Chickpea + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together538 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Chickpea + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,015 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl butyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (broccoli, chickpea, feta cheese, olive, tomato, sunflower, wheat):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Eggplantfits better
  3. Cucumberfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against broccoli, chickpea, feta cheese, olive, tomato, sunflower, wheat. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.