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Grape and Almond Mixed Greens Salad Recipe

Easy and enticing, with sweet grapes, crunchy almonds, and tangy cheese.This recipe was featured as part of our Fall Ingredients photo gallery.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Grape and Almond Mixed Greens Salad Recipe

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Grape and Almond Mixed Greens Salad Recipe

2 to 4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

383Calories
10 gProtein
24 gFat
30 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
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 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. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Shallot + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together75 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Olive + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,875 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

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 (olive, sherry, vinegar, shallot, garlic, pepper, almond):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, sherry, vinegar, shallot, garlic, pepper, almond. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.