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Roasted Sweet Potato and Apple Salad

Lettuce is in it's peak once the weather turns cooler. Take advantage and pair the lettuce with the great flavors of fall!

By naturallyella · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Roasted Sweet Potato and Apple Salad

Why it works: Lettuce and walnut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 491 recipes. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Roasted Sweet Potato and Apple Salad

Serves 2
Prep10 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

696Calories
20 gProtein
36 gFat
80 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 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.

By naturallyella. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

  1. Lettuce + walnuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together491 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  2. Sweet potato + lettucetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together36 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Olive + lettucetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,580 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Olive + walnuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Sweet potato + walnuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together70 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, olive, pepper, lettuce, walnut, cheese, vinegar):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, olive, pepper, lettuce, walnut, cheese, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.