Why it works: Spinach and soy milk work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 9 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 2Ingredients
Contains: milk, soy (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Pour the soy milk and Greek yogurt into a blender first so the blades turn easily.
Add the spinach, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and banana on top of the liquid.
Blend on high for about 60 seconds, stopping to scrape down the sides if needed, until mostly smooth.
If you see chunks of spinach or fruit, blend for another 15 to 20 seconds until fully smooth.
Pour into glasses and serve right away.
Explore the science
The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Spinach + soy milktop 8% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together9 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Banana + yogurttop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together508 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Soy milk + bananatop 9% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together48 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Soy milk + yogurttop 9% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together27 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).
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Spinach + yogurttop 11% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together356 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the banana
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (spinach, soy milk, yogurt):
- Avocadobetter flavor fit
- Lemonabout as good a flavor fit
- Pumpkinabout as good a flavor fit
- Bananathe original
Fit is the average pairing score against spinach, soy milk, yogurt. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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