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Broccoli Cheddar Kale Zucchini Bake

An easy, weeknight dinner that is gluten/grain-free and low-carb! Healthy comfort food at its best! Under 150 calories a serving!

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Why it works: Broccoli and kale share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 75 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 8
Prep25 min
Cook50 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

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

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C) and grease a 9x13-inch (23x33 cm) baking dish.

  2. Grate the zucchinis and press them in a clean towel to squeeze out as much liquid as you can.

  3. Put the broccoli in a pan of boiling water for 2 minutes, then drain well and pat dry.

  4. Whisk the eggs, liquid egg whites and Greek yogurt together in a large bowl until smooth.

  5. Stir in 1 cup of the cheddar, then fold in the zucchini, broccoli and torn kale until evenly mixed.

  6. Spread the mixture evenly in the prepared dish and sprinkle the remaining cheddar over the top.

  7. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until the top is golden and the center is set and reaches 160°F (71°C).

  8. Let the bake rest for 10 minutes, then cut into 8 portions and serve.

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. Broccoli + kaletop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together75 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Yogurt + cheddar cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Broccoli + cheddar cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together447 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).

  4. Yogurt + broccolitop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together370 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Egg + yogurttop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,626 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

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