Name: Breakfast Fruit Salad
Ingredients: 4 kiwis, peeled and sliced; 200g red or green (or both!) seedless grapes, halved; half a melon (cantaloupe or galia), deseeded and chopped; 8 tablespoons low-fat natural yoghurt; 1 pinch of ground ginger (optional)

Why it works: Grape and melon work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 126 recipes. Both carry 2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, green. The science ↓

Breakfast Fruit Salad

serves 4

Ingredients

4 kiwis, peeled and sliced
200g red or green (or both!) seedless grapes, halved
half a melon (cantaloupe or galia), deseeded and chopped
8 tablespoons low-fat natural yoghurt
1 pinch of ground ginger (optional)

Directions

Prepare

Mix the sliced kiwi fruit, grapes, and melon together in a large bowl.
In a separate bowl, mix the low-fat yoghurt and ginger (if using).

Serve

Share the fruit between 4 serving bowls.
Spoon the yoghurt mixture on top.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

159Calories

3 gProtein

1 gFat

39 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Cantaloupe	1 cup diced (160g)	53
Kiwi	1 medium (69g)	42
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Melon	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 NHS (UK).

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.

Grape + melontop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together126 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).
Melon + gingertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together342 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Grape + gingertop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,037 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

What each ingredient does

Kiwis: Add tartness and bright flavour, and their texture softens the salad as it sits.
Grapes: Add juicy sweetness and a firm bite that contrasts with the soft melon.
Melon: Adds sweet, juicy body and moisture to the salad.
Low-fat natural yoghurt: Adds creamy richness and a mild tang that balances the sweet fruit.