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Lentils Folded Into Yogurt, Spinach, and Basil

Have you seen the little book, Lunch at the Shop: The Art and Practice of the Midday Meal? It's great on many fronts, and I made these Lentils folded into Yogurt, Spinach, and Basil from it.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Lentils Folded Into Yogurt, Spinach, and Basil

Why it works: Spinach and lentils match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 132 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Lentils Folded Into Yogurt, Spinach, and Basil

Prep7 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

788Calories
46 gProtein
46 gFat
57 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 17 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Lentil1/2 cup cooked (99g)115
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Bread1 slice (30g) white79
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Arugula1 cup (20g)5
Romaine Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
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 101cookbooks. 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. Spinach + lentilstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together132 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  3. Pine + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together332 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  4. Pine + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together181 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Spinach + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,435 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pine, spinach, basil, lentils, parsley, garlic, lemon):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pine, spinach, basil, lentils, parsley, garlic, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.