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Moroccan Zucchini, Grape, and Bell Pepper Salad Recipe

This summer salad recipe tosses squash, grapes, and bell pepper with pine nuts, mint, and a lemony Moroccan-inspired dressing.

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Moroccan Zucchini, Grape, and Bell Pepper Salad Recipe

Why it works: Cumin and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,082 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Moroccan Zucchini, Grape, and Bell Pepper Salad Recipe

6 servings
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

484Calories
8 gProtein
38 gFat
38 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Green Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. 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. Cumin + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Cumin + pinetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together73 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  4. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Cumin + clovetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,306 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

Swap the grape

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lemon, cumin, garlic, clove, pepper, olive, pine):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against lemon, cumin, garlic, clove, pepper, olive, pine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.