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Strawberry Mint Shortcake Salad with Whipped Greek Yogurt and Toasted Angel Food Croutons

Strawberrry shortcake is a traditional lighter (lower in calories and fat that is) dessert. So how do you health-ify it? You use less of the not-so-good stuff (ie: sugar-laden angel food cake) and add in some healthier stuff (ie: protein-rich Greek yogurt).

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Strawberry Mint Shortcake Salad with Whipped Greek Yogurt and Toasted Angel Food Croutons

Why it works: Yogurt and honey work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 660 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity. The science ↓

Strawberry Mint Shortcake Salad with Whipped Greek Yogurt and Toasted Angel Food Croutons

Serves 6
Prep20 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

264Calories
18 gProtein
7 gFat
36 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Peppermintnot in our table0
Cakenot 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 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. Yogurt + honeytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together660 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  2. Mint + yogurttop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together497 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Cream + yogurttop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,478 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  4. Mint + honeytop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together361 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Cream + honeytop 30% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together738 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, yogurt, honey):

  1. Peppermintfits better
  2. Cinnamonfits better
  3. Nutmegfits about as well
  4. Mintthe original

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