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Warm Broccoli Salad with Skinny Green Goddess Dressing

This warm broccoli salad is loaded with fresh veggies and dried fruits. It is then topped with a skinny Green Goddess dressing that you would never know is good for you!

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Warm Broccoli Salad with Skinny Green Goddess Dressing

Why it works: Shallot and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,737 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Warm Broccoli Salad with Skinny Green Goddess Dressing

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

957Calories
39 gProtein
46 gFat
110 gCarbs

Counts 17 of 19 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 17 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Seednot in our table0
Saladnot 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. Shallot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,737 recipes

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

  2. Jalapeno + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,035 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Parsley + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,351 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  4. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  5. Parsley + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together547 recipes

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

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

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shallot, parsley, basil, yogurt, pepper, lime, honey):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Corianderfits better
  3. Dillfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

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