Name: Summer Harvest Pasta Casserole
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 cups Rigatoni Pasta; 2 whole Yellow Squash (banana Squash), Medium Size; 4 ounces, weight Cream Cheese, Room Temperature; 1 cup Whole Milk; 1 cup EACH: Shredded Cheddar Cheese And Shredded Mozzarella Cheese; 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil; ½ teaspoons Each Black Pepper And Red Pepper Flakes; 1 cup Vegetable Stock; 1-½ cup Seasoned Croutons

Why it works: Cream cheese and mozzarella cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 137 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Summer Harvest Pasta Casserole

Serves 4

Prep10 min

Cook40 min

Ingredients

2 cups Rigatoni Pasta
2 whole Yellow Squash (banana Squash), Medium Size
4 ounces, weight Cream Cheese, Room Temperature
1 cup Whole Milk
1 cup EACH: Shredded Cheddar Cheese And Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
½ teaspoons Each Black Pepper And Red Pepper Flakes
1 cup Vegetable Stock
1-½ cup Seasoned Croutons

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

948Calories

34 gProtein

49 gFat

98 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pasta	1 cup cooked (140g)	220
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Banana	1 medium (118g)	105
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Pumpkin	not in our table	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.

Cream cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together137 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Cheddar cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together271 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Cream cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together467 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Pasta + olivetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,227 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Mozzarella cheese + olivetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,773 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pasta, cream cheese, milk, cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese, olive, pepper):

Avocadofits better
Plumfits better
Cherryfits better
Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pasta, cream cheese, milk, cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese, olive, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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