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Chopped Kale, Quinoa and Avocado Salad

Nutrient-packed Chopped Kale, Quinoa and Avocado Salad. Super healthy and loaded with tons of fresh flavor!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Quinoa and avocado share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 54 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 1
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Place the chopped kale in a large bowl.

  2. Add the cooked quinoa and diced mushrooms to the bowl and toss to combine.

  3. Add the diced avocado and chopped parsley, folding gently so the avocado keeps its shape.

  4. In a small bowl, whisk the extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice together.

  5. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss well until everything is evenly coated.

  6. Serve right away. If you must keep it, cover and refrigerate briefly, as the avocado will darken over time.

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. Quinoa + avocadotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together54 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,036 recipes

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

  3. Kale + quinoatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Avocado + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,376 recipes

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

  5. Mushroom + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (kale, quinoa, avocado, mushroom, olive, lemon):

  1. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  2. Thymebetter flavor fit
  3. Garlicbetter flavor fit
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against kale, quinoa, avocado, mushroom, olive, lemon. 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).