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Kale Citrus Salad with Pomegranate

Bright and festive salad for your holiday table!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Kale Citrus Salad with Pomegranate

Why it works: Kale and avocado share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 54 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Kale Citrus Salad with Pomegranate

Serves 4
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

641Calories
7 gProtein
34 gFat
87 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado Oil1 tbsp (14g)124
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple Cider1 medium (182g)95
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Flax Seed1 tbsp (10g) ground55
Grapefruit Peel1/2 fruit (123g)52
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Kale + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together54 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Kale + pomegranatetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Pomegranate + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together26 recipes

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

  4. Orange + grapefruittop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together233 recipes

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

  5. Grapefruit + avocadotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together55 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the grapefruit

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (kale, orange, pomegranate, red wine, vinegar, avocado, maple syrup):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Cherryfits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Grapefruitthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against kale, orange, pomegranate, red wine, vinegar, avocado, maple syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.