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Quinoa, Pomegranate and Spinach Salad

This quinoa, pomegranate and spinach salad makes a colorful fall side salad or a light meal.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Quinoa, Pomegranate and Spinach Salad

Why it works: Spinach and quinoa share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 79 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Quinoa, Pomegranate and Spinach Salad

Serves 2
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

734Calories
19 gProtein
29 gFat
106 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Saladnot 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 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. Spinach + quinoatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together79 recipes

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

  2. Quinoa + pomegranatetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together19 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Spinach + pomegranatetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together36 recipes

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

  4. Quinoa + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together465 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

  5. Spinach + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,971 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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 (spinach, quinoa, pomegranate, onion, blue cheese, pecans, olive):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against spinach, quinoa, pomegranate, onion, blue cheese, pecans, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.