Name: Peanut Butter, Banana and Jelly Quesadilla
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons peanut butter (no sugar, salt or oil added); 1 medium banana, sliced thin diagonally; 2 tablespoons fruit-sweetened preserves, any flavor; Two 8-inch 7-grain tortillas; 1/2 teaspoon soy margarine

Why it works: Peanut and banana work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 308 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Peanut Butter, Banana and Jelly Quesadilla

Ingredients

2 tablespoons peanut butter (no sugar, salt or oil added)
1 medium banana, sliced thin diagonally
2 tablespoons fruit-sweetened preserves, any flavor
Two 8-inch 7-grain tortillas
1/2 teaspoon soy margarine

Directions

Assemble

Spread peanut butter evenly on one tortilla.
Top the peanut butter with fruit preserves and sliced bananas.
Place the second tortilla on top of the first.

Cook

Heat a nonstick skillet over medium-low heat and melt the margarine.
Place the quesadilla in the pan.
Brown both sides of the quesadilla over medium-low heat.
Adjust the flame to avoid burning one side before heating the ingredients in the center.

Serve

Transfer the quesadilla to a cutting board.
Slice the quesadilla into eight pieces.
Serve the pieces warm.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

685Calories

13 gProtein

43 gFat

69 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Peanut	1 oz (28g)	161
Tortilla	1 medium flour (45g)	140
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Banana	1 medium (118g)	105
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
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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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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.

Peanut + bananatop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together308 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

What each ingredient does

Peanut butter: Provides fat and nutty flavor, and its spreadable filling binds the quesadilla together.
Banana: Adds natural sweetness and soft, moist texture to the filling.
Fruit-sweetened preserves: Add sweetness and fruity flavor that complements the peanut butter and banana.
7-grain tortillas: Form the structure that holds the filling and browns in the pan.
Soy margarine: Adds fat that helps the tortilla crisp and brown in the skillet.

The step that matters

Keep the heat medium-low and adjust the flame. Sugars in the preserves and banana can scorch quickly over high heat, burning the outside before the filling warms through. Medium-low heat lets the tortilla brown evenly while the center heats.

“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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Peanut Butter, Banana and Jelly Quesadilla