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Quick Quinoa Mushroom Pilaf

Quinoa is a fast-cooking whole grain native to South America. It is an excellent high-protein source of nutrition, containing magnesium, B vitamins, iron, zinc, potassium, calcium and vitamin E. Quinoa has a fluffy, slightly crunchy texture and a nutty flavor.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Quick Quinoa Mushroom Pilaf

Why it works: Olive and quinoa match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 465 recipes. Both carry 2-heptenal, which smells green. The science ↓

Quick Quinoa Mushroom Pilaf

Serves 4
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

464Calories
12 gProtein
18 gFat
68 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Sage1 tsp ground (0.7g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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. Olive + quinoatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together465 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

  2. Olive + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,571 recipes

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

  3. Onion + quinoatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together414 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Olive + sagetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,138 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the raisin

The recipe marks raisin as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, onion, mushroom, sage, quinoa):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, onion, mushroom, sage, quinoa. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.