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Kids’ Cheese and Vegetable Frittata

Try making a frittata in the oven - this way the kids can do all of the chopping and mixing before an adult puts it in the oven. You can make mini-frittata in muffin tins, ramekins or small pie dishes. Cold frittata is lovely for picnics or lunch boxes.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Kids’ Cheese and Vegetable Frittata

Why it works: Olive and broccoli match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,460 recipes. Both carry 2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Kids’ Cheese and Vegetable Frittata

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

606Calories
23 gProtein
35 gFat
59 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sunflower1 oz (28g) hulled165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Olive1 large (4g)4

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. Olive + broccolitop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,460 recipes

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

  2. Olive + cherry tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

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

  3. Peas + broccolitop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together402 recipes

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

  4. Olive + peastop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,066 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-hex-3-en-1-ol (freshly cut grass green and herbaceous notes).

  5. Pepper + broccolitop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

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

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, egg, pepper, peas, broccoli):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

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