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Kale and Couscous with Green Garlic Dressing

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Kale and Couscous with Green Garlic Dressing

Why it works: Kale and chickpea share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 35 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Kale and Couscous with Green Garlic Dressing

Serves 2
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

664Calories
23 gProtein
25 gFat
89 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Couscous1 cup cooked (157g)176
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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. Kale + chickpeatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together35 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Kale + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together490 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Chickpea + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together813 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Chickpea + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,015 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl butyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the chickpea

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (kale, olive, apple cider vinegar, honey, garlic):

  1. Cashew nutfits about as well
  2. Chickpeathe original
  3. Sesamefits less well
  4. Lentilsfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against kale, olive, apple cider vinegar, honey, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.