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Blueberry Almond Flax Granola

Oats, almonds and flax sweetened with pure maple syrup and slowly roasted with dried blueberries provide a fresh and fun variety to your morning granola routine.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Blueberry Almond Flax Granola

Why it works: Oats and flaxseed match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 157 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Blueberry Almond Flax Granola

Serves 12
Prep10 min
Cook1 hr 20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

315Calories
7 gProtein
4 gFat
64 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Blueberry1 cup (148g)84
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Flaxseednot 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. Oats + flaxseedtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together157 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Almond + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,514 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Flaxseed + almondtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together101 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  4. Cinnamon + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  5. Flaxseed + cinnamontop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together128 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the vanilla

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, flaxseed, almond, cinnamon, maple syrup):

  1. Blueberryfits about as well
  2. Vanillathe original
  3. Pumpkinfits less well
  4. Coconutfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, flaxseed, almond, cinnamon, maple syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.