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Chopped Salad with Feta, Lime and Mint

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By smittenkitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Chopped Salad with Feta, Lime and Mint

Why it works: Lime and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,216 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Chopped Salad with Feta, Lime and Mint

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

766Calories
26 gProtein
62 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Sumacnot 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 smittenkitchen. 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. Lime + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,216 recipes

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

  2. Lime + minttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together846 recipes

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

  3. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  4. Sunflower + cumintop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together194 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Sunflower + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together200 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sunflower, lime, olive, cumin, pepper):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Mintthe original

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