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Strawberry and Summer Leaf Salad with Vanilla Salt Recipe

This is a real taste sensation, fresh fruity and refreshing British strawberries, thirst quenching watermelon and a white balsamic dressing for an incredible finale.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Cherry tomato and lettuce share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Strawberry and Summer Leaf Salad with Vanilla Salt Recipe

4 people
Prep15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

921Calories
27 gProtein
67 gFat
63 gCarbs

Counts 17 of 21 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 17 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Watermelon1 cup diced (152g)46
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saladnot in our table0
Pea Shootsnot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0
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 lovefood. 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. Cherry tomato + lettucetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Olive + lettucetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,580 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Olive + cherry tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

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

  4. Lettuce + minttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together569 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Pepper + lettucetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the thai basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vinegar, olive, pepper, cherry tomato, lamb, lettuce, mint):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Thai basilthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against vinegar, olive, pepper, cherry tomato, lamb, lettuce, mint. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.