Name: Green Seasoning for Marinades
Ingredients: chive; oregano; fine leaf thyme; broad leaf thyme; sweet basil; parsley; celery( and any other you may wish to add, but not garlic or onion, those can be added each time you season meat ); salt; vinegar

Why it works: Oregano and basil match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,390 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Green Seasoning for Marinades

Ingredients

Directions

Wash herbs and cut up very small or blend in blender in vinegar ( don't add water)
Add salt and mix well, then place in a clean bottle and keep in the fridge
Category:Trinidadian Recipes
Category:Trinidadian Vegetarian

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

69Calories

2 gProtein

0 gFat

15 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Oregano	1 tsp dried (1.8g)	5
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Chive	1 tbsp (3g)	1
Sweet Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Leaf	not in our table	0
Meat	not in our table	0

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.

Oregano + basiltop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,390 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Thyme + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,057 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
Oregano + thymetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together791 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Thyme + basiltop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,768 recipes

Shared aroma: terpineol (pine, woody).
Parsley + celerytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,810 recipes

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

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

Swap the chive

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oregano, thyme, basil, parsley, celery, vinegar):

Carrotfits better
Eggplantfits better
Tomatofits better
Chivethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oregano, thyme, basil, parsley, celery, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.