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Skinny Egg Salad Grilled Cheese

A quick, easy, healthy spin on an egg salad sandwich. This sandwich is high in protein, whole wheat, has lots of ooey gooey cheesy goodness and is great for kids!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Skinny Egg Salad Grilled Cheese

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Skinny Egg Salad Grilled Cheese

Serves 2
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

232Calories
25 gProtein
6 gFat
19 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 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.

  1. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

  4. Yogurt + garlictop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,440 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Yogurt + oniontop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,022 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 onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, yogurt, garlic, pepper):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

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