Name: Mixed Veggie Mélange with Lime Dressing
Prep time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 whole Organic Red Bell Pepper, Washed And Dried; 1 pint Organic Cherry Or Grape Tomatoes, Washed And Dried; 2 cups Organic Haricot Verts, Washed, Dried, And Quickly Blanched And Cooled; 1 Tablespoon Good Quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil; 1 whole Fresh Lime, Juiced (1 Should Yield About 2 Tablespoons); ½ teaspoons Sea Salt; 1 teaspoon Fresh Chopped Chives; ⅛ teaspoons Aleppo Pepper (red Chile Flakes Would Work Too), Up To Double This Amount To Taste

Why it works: Pepper and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Mixed Veggie Mélange with Lime Dressing

Serves 4

Prep1 hr

Ingredients

1 whole Organic Red Bell Pepper, Washed And Dried
1 pint Organic Cherry Or Grape Tomatoes, Washed And Dried
2 cups Organic Haricot Verts, Washed, Dried, And Quickly Blanched And Cooled
1 Tablespoon Good Quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 whole Fresh Lime, Juiced (1 Should Yield About 2 Tablespoons)
½ teaspoons Sea Salt
1 teaspoon Fresh Chopped Chives
⅛ teaspoons Aleppo Pepper (red Chile Flakes Would Work Too), Up To Double This Amount To Taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

339Calories

5 gProtein

15 gFat

54 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Chives	1 tbsp (3g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,491 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lime + chivetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together139 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Cherry + olivetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,889 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).
Olive + chivetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,633 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Cherry + limetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together301 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, cherry, olive, lime):

Capsicumfits better
Tomatofits better
Lettucefits better
Chivethe original

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

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