Why it works: Oats and chia work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 65 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 1Ingredients
Contains: milk, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
In a jar or small container with a lid, combine the oats, chia seeds and cocoa powder, and stir to mix evenly.
Add the non-fat Greek yogurt, unsweetened almond milk and agave nectar, then stir until no dry cocoa or oat clumps remain.
Cover the jar and refrigerate overnight, for at least 8 hours, so the oats and chia seeds can soften and thicken.
In the morning, stir the oats well, adding a splash of almond milk if they seem too thick.
Top with the hulled and sliced large strawberries just before eating, and serve cold.
Explore the science
The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Oats + chiatop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together65 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Chia + agavetop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together23 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Almond + chiatop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together68 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Oats + almondtop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together552 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).
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Almond + agavetop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together198 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the almond
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, yogurt, milk, cocoa powder, chia, agave):
- Flaxseedbetter flavor fit
- Almondthe original
- Cashew nutabout as good a flavor fit
Fit is the average pairing score against oats, yogurt, milk, cocoa powder, chia, agave. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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