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Piña-vocado Smoothie

By cookieandkate · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Piña-vocado Smoothie

Why it works: Avocado and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,117 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Piña-vocado Smoothie

Serves 1

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

783Calories
9 gProtein
50 gFat
91 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
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 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. Avocado + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,117 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Pineapple + bananatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together733 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Lime + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together934 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Banana + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together549 recipes

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

  5. Pineapple + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together651 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pineapple, avocado, banana, lime, coconut, milk):

  1. Mangofits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pineapple, avocado, banana, lime, coconut, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.