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Vegan Rutabaga Casserole

A savory vegan casserole that features rutabaga and sweet potatoes. So thick and cheesy, you won’t believe it’s dairy-free!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Thyme and rutabaga work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 57 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Contains: wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Thyme + rutabagatop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together57 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Thyme + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  3. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together34,118 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Pepper + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11,585 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the sweet potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (kale, onion, pepper, thyme, garlic, rutabaga, parsley):

  1. Potatobetter flavor fit
  2. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  3. Broccolibetter flavor fit
  4. Sweet potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against kale, onion, pepper, thyme, garlic, rutabaga, parsley. 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).