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Mango Pineapple Smoothie with Chia Seeds

Healthy Mango Pineapple Smoothie with Chia Seeds. Chia seeds are tasteless but a great source of protein, fiber and omega 3!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Orange and chia work together. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and 12 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 1
Prep5 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Add the frozen pineapple chunks and frozen mango chunks to a blender.

  2. Pour in the orange juice and the water.

  3. Blend on high for about 1 minute, until completely smooth.

  4. Add the chia seeds and pulse for 10 seconds to combine.

  5. Let the smoothie rest for 2 minutes so the chia seeds begin to soften, then stir and serve right away.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Orange + chiatop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together12 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Pineapple + mangotop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together224 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, sweet).

  3. Mango + orangetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together212 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Pineapple + orangetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Mango + chiatop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together11 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 orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pineapple, mango, chia):

  1. Coconutbetter flavor fit
  2. Bananabetter flavor fit
  3. Vanillabetter flavor fit
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pineapple, mango, chia. 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).