Name: Outta Luck Linguini Recipe
Yield: 4-6 servings
Ingredients: Any type of noodle - If you have scraps of several different types, put 'em all together. One pound total.; One 16oz can of Chickpeas; Buillion - I always have a jar of Better Than Buillion in my fridge and highly recommend it. For this recipe I use "No Chicken Base". Best Flavor for this dish.; If you have scraps of and Italian style hard cheese use it! I use parmesan. But have resorted to feta when that was all I had.; Some sort of pasta-type vegetable - I usually have frozen spinach at all times and usually use that. But, have resorted to mushrooms, brocolli, cauliflower.. Again - whatever you have in your fridge that might be good.; One can of diced tomatoes, rinsed.; Salt and Pepper to taste

Why it works: Chickpea and spinach match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 142 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Outta Luck Linguini Recipe

4-6 servings

Ingredients

Any type of noodle - If you have scraps of several different types, put 'em all together. One pound total.
One 16oz can of Chickpeas
Buillion - I always have a jar of Better Than Buillion in my fridge and highly recommend it. For this recipe I use "No Chicken Base". Best Flavor for this dish.
If you have scraps of and Italian style hard cheese use it! I use parmesan. But have resorted to feta when that was all I had.
Some sort of pasta-type vegetable - I usually have frozen spinach at all times and usually use that. But, have resorted to mushrooms, brocolli, cauliflower.. Again - whatever you have in your fridge that might be good.
One can of diced tomatoes, rinsed.
Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

860Calories

70 gProtein

46 gFat

45 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 12 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Chickpea	1/2 cup canned (120g) drained	134
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Feta Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 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 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.

Chickpea + spinachtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together142 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Chickpea + pastatop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together35 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Pasta + spinachtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together376 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Spinach + cauliflowertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together117 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
Chickpea + tomatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together538 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

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

Swap the cauliflower

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chickpea, chicken, cheese, pasta, spinach, mushroom, tomato):

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Kalefits better
Welsh onionfits better
Cauliflowerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chickpea, chicken, cheese, pasta, spinach, mushroom, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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