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Zucchini Pizza Bites

Zucchini medallions are roasted and then layered with pizza sauce, turkey pepperoni and mozzarella cheese. At 23 calories a piece, you get all the pizza flavor and only a fraction of the calories.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Zucchini Pizza Bites

Why it works: Garlic and mozzarella cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,431 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Zucchini Pizza Bites

Serves 18
Prep10 min
Cook18 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

270Calories
38 gProtein
10 gFat
5 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pizzanot in our table0
Saucenot 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. Garlic + mozzarella cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,431 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Sauce + mozzarella cheesetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanoic acid (soapy, waxy).

  3. Turkey + mozzarella cheesetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Sauce + turkeytop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together531 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Garlic + saucetop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together5,007 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, turkey, mozzarella cheese):

  1. Basilfits about as well
  2. Garlicthe original
  3. Capersfits about as well
  4. Thymefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, turkey, mozzarella cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.