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Quick & Simple Caramel Apple Low-Calorie Snack

Only 195 calories for the two assembled snacks!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Quick & Simple Caramel Apple Low-Calorie Snack

Why it works: Vanilla and apple are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,501 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Quick & Simple Caramel Apple Low-Calorie Snack

Serves 1
Prep5 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

413Calories
22 gProtein
1 gFat
76 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice Cake1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Saucenot 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. Vanilla + appletop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,501 recipes

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

  2. Rice + vanillatop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,352 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

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

  4. Rice + appletop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,311 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Yogurt + appletop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together502 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, vanilla, yogurt, sauce):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Peachfits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Applethe original

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