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Mint Chip Protein Shake

Mint Chip Protein Shake, full of hemp seeds and kale to power you through the day.

By elanaspantry · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Mint Chip Protein Shake

Why it works: Vanilla and coconut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,294 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

Mint Chip Protein Shake

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

535Calories
11 gProtein
41 gFat
29 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 8 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Hemp Seednot in our table0
Waternot 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 elanaspantry. 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. Vanilla + coconuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  2. Vanilla + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,020 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Peppermint + vanillatop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together459 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Kale + coconuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together47 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Coconut + chocolatetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,107 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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

Swap the kale

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, peppermint, vanilla, coconut, chocolate):

  1. Sweet potatofits better
  2. Arrowrootfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Kalethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, peppermint, vanilla, coconut, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.