Skip to main content

Almond Butter Spinach Smoothie

By whatsgabycooking · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓

Why it works: Almond and chia share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 68 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Almond Butter Spinach Smoothie

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe. See the full recipe at the source →

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

298Calories
6 gProtein
8 gFat
55 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Flax Seed1 tbsp (10g) ground55
Almond Milk1 cup (240ml) unsweetened30
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Chia Seednot in our table0

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

By whatsgabycooking. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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. Almond + chiatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Spinach + chiatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together21 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Vanilla + bananatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Banana + pineappletop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together733 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Vanilla + pineappletop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together911 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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

Swap the chia

The recipe marks chia as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (almond, butter, spinach, vanilla, milk, banana, pineapple):

  1. Cinnamonfits about as well
  2. Chiathe original
  3. Nutmegfits less well
  4. Peppermintfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against almond, butter, spinach, vanilla, milk, banana, pineapple. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.