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Kids’ Veggie Slaw

Graters are fine for children to use but please do supervise them as graters can be really sharp. This sweet and fruity slaw can be served as a salad or you can add some natural yoghurt or a little mayonnaise for more traditional coleslaw to serve with barbecued burgers or chicken.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Kids’ Veggie Slaw

Why it works: Beetroot and sunflower share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 46 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Kids’ Veggie Slaw

Serves 4
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

792Calories
14 gProtein
61 gFat
55 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 16 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sunflower1 oz (28g) hulled165
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Celeriacnot in our table0
Kohlrabinot in our table0
Beetrootnot in our table0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Seednot 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 bbcfood. 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. Beetroot + sunflowertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together46 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Carrot + beetroottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together699 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  3. Kohlrabi + beetroottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8 recipes

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

  4. Carrot + kohlrabitop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together35 recipes

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

  5. Carrot + orangetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together737 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (carrot, kohlrabi, beetroot, olive, orange, pepper, sunflower):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against carrot, kohlrabi, beetroot, olive, orange, pepper, sunflower. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.