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Veggie & Cheese Bagel

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By thepioneerwoman · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Veggie & Cheese Bagel

Why it works: Avocado and alfalfa share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 24 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Veggie & Cheese Bagel

Serves 1
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

897Calories
32 gProtein
52 gFat
83 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Bagel1 medium (89g)245
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Alfalfanot 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 thepioneerwoman. 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. Avocado + alfalfatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Cucumber + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together299 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Cucumber + alfalfatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Tomato + avocadotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,385 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Tomato + cucumbertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,405 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, tomato, cucumber, avocado, bagel, alfalfa, cheese):

  1. Lettucefits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, tomato, cucumber, avocado, bagel, alfalfa, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.