Name: Vegetable Salad with Oranges
Ingredients: 2 bunches of lettuce; 2 oranges; 12 tablespoons olive oil

Why it works: Lettuce and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,580 recipes. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Vegetable Salad with Oranges

Ingredients

2 bunches of lettuce
2 oranges
12 tablespoons olive oil

Directions

Wash lettuce carefully and then put it into a colander to drain.
This should be done just before serving to taste salad better.
Peel the oranges. Hold the peeled fruits over a bowl to collect the juices; slide the blade of a sharp knife along one side of each membrane, then along the opposite side of the segment to free it from both sides of the membrane.
Drop it into the bowl and continue with the next segment. If it is too difficult, you can cut the peeled fruits crossways into slices.
Season with olive oil and salt.
If you want, you can add the orange juice to the olive oil too.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

186Calories

2 gProtein

14 gFat

16 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Lettuce	1 cup shredded (36g)	5

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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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.

Lettuce + olivetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,580 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Orange + olivetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,456 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Lettuce + orangetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together373 recipes

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