Name: Chopped Kale Salad Recipe with Gorgonzola & Dijon Yogurt Dressing
Prep time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4-5 large kale leaves, stems removed, leaves chopped (about 5 cups); 1 (2 halves) roasted red pepper, cut into small strips; 1 ½ oz. (1/4 cup) crumbled Gorgonzola cheese; 1 tbsp nonfat plain Greek yogurt; 1 tbsp Dijon mustard; 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice; 1/8 tsp salt; 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

Why it works: Kale and mustard share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 98 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Chopped Kale Salad Recipe with Gorgonzola & Dijon Yogurt Dressing

Serves 4

Prep15 min

Ingredients

4-5 large kale leaves, stems removed, leaves chopped (about 5 cups)
1 (2 halves) roasted red pepper, cut into small strips
1 ½ oz. (1/4 cup) crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
1 tbsp nonfat plain Greek yogurt
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1/8 tsp salt
2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

362Calories

26 gProtein

24 gFat

13 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Salt	1 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 cookincanuck. 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.

Kale + mustardtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together98 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Kale + lemontop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together226 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Kale + olivetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together647 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Lemon + olivetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,922 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (kale, pepper, cheese, yogurt, mustard, olive):

Avocadofits better
Limefits better
Lemonthe original
Cherryfits about as well

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

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