Name: Eyeball Deviled Eggs
Ingredients: 6 hard-boiled eggs; 1/4 cup mayonnaise; 1 teaspoon mustard; Pinch of salt; Green and red food coloring; Sliced black olives; Toothpicks

Why it works: Mustard and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,950 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Eyeball Deviled Eggs

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

Peel the cooled eggs and slice them in half the long way.
Scoop out the yolks into a bowl and mash them up.
Mix in the mayonnaise, mustard, and salt.
Stir in a few drops of green food coloring.

Assemble the eyeballs

Spoon the mixture into the center of the egg halves.
Place a slice of olive on top of each half.
Dip a toothpick into red food coloring and then use it to draw lines on the eggs as shown. Now your eggs look like creepy eyeballs.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

85Calories

6 gProtein

6 gFat

1 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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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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.

Mustard + olivetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,950 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Egg + mustardtop 28% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,210 recipes

Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).
Egg + olivetop 31% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,340 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Hard-boiled eggs: Provide the base structure and the creamy yolk filling.
Mayonnaise: Adds moisture and fat, making the mashed yolk smooth and spreadable.
Mustard: Adds sharp acidity that balances the richness of the yolks and mayonnaise.