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Cold Cantaloupe, Carrot Ribbons & Raisin Salad

Refreshing cold salad for a lunch or main dish. Forget about using the oven!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Cold Cantaloupe, Carrot Ribbons & Raisin Salad

Why it works: Honey and yogurt 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 ↓

Cold Cantaloupe, Carrot Ribbons & Raisin Salad

Serves 4
Prep11 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

365Calories
20 gProtein
1 gFat
71 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Frozen Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Cantaloupe1 cup diced (160g)53
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12

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. Honey + yogurttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together660 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  2. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Honey + vanillatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,262 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Vanilla + yogurttop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,191 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Raisin + vanillatop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together782 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the carrot

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

  1. Sweet potatofits better
  2. Arrowrootfits better
  3. Beetrootfits better
  4. Carrotthe original

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