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Spinach Salad with Apples, Bacon and Spicy Maple Walnuts

This spinach salad is packed with all sorts of goodies: bacon, spicy maple walnuts and crisp Granny Smith apples. A salad worthy of a holiday feast.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Spinach Salad with Apples, Bacon and Spicy Maple Walnuts

Why it works: Apple and cinnamon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,598 recipes. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

Spinach Salad with Apples, Bacon and Spicy Maple Walnuts

Serves 6
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

511Calories
14 gProtein
30 gFat
54 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saladnot 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. Apple + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  3. Walnut + cinnamontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,147 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Feta cheese + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,482 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  5. Walnut + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,087 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, onion, feta cheese, walnut, maple syrup, cinnamon, olive):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against spinach, onion, feta cheese, walnut, maple syrup, cinnamon, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.