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Raw Kale and Brussels Sprouts Salad with Tahini-Maple Dressing

A simple, filling kale salad with creamy tahini dressing. Thinly sliced brussels sprouts and toasted slivered almonds lend slaw-like crunch, while parmesan and miso contribute savoriness. This salad is easily made vegan; just omit the parmesan cheese.

By cookieandkate · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Raw Kale and Brussels Sprouts Salad with Tahini-Maple Dressing

Why it works: Kale and miso share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 13 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Raw Kale and Brussels Sprouts Salad with Tahini-Maple Dressing

Serves 2
Prep15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

599Calories
27 gProtein
41 gFat
36 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Tahini1 tbsp (15g)89
Brussels Sprout1 cup (156g)56
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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 cookieandkate. 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. Kale + misotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together13 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Kale + almondtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together59 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. White wine + vinegartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Cheese + white winetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together345 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Cheese + vinegartop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).

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

Swap the brussels sprouts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (kale, almond, cheese, tahini, white wine, vinegar, miso):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Broccolifits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Brussels sproutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against kale, almond, cheese, tahini, white wine, vinegar, miso. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.