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Israeli Green Salad

A salad of diced lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, green pepper, parsley, scallions, dressed with olive oil, lemon, garlic, salt, and pepper.

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Why it works: Lettuce and cucumber match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,409 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Israeli Green Salad

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut all vegetables to small pieces.

  2. Chop parsley and sprinkle over the tossed vegetables.

  3. Stir sauce ingredients and pour on vegetables in the last minute.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

517Calories
32 gProtein
30 gFat
33 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Romaine Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Lettuce + cucumbertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,409 recipes

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

  2. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

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

  4. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

What each ingredient does

Tomatoes
Provide juicy moisture and acidity that becomes part of the dressing.
Cucumbers
Add crisp texture and fresh, watery body to the salad.
Romaine lettuce
Adds crisp leafy bulk that holds the dressing and chopped vegetables.
Olive oil
Carries flavor and adds richness to the lemon-garlic sauce.
Lemon juice
Brings acidity that brightens the vegetables and sharpens the sauce.

The step that matters

Dress the salad at the last minute. Salt and lemon draw water out of cucumbers and tomatoes, so dressing too early leaves the salad soggy and diluted. Adding the sauce just before serving keeps the vegetables crisp.

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, pepper, parsley, sauce, olive):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Lemonthe original
  4. Cherryfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against lettuce, tomato, cucumber, pepper, parsley, sauce, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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