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Cooking for One: Veggie Burgers and a Lunch Out

By biggirlssmallkitchen · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Cooking for One: Veggie Burgers and a Lunch Out

Why it works: Beans and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,188 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Cooking for One: Veggie Burgers and a Lunch Out

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

918Calories
27 gProtein
16 gFat
166 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Coriandernot 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 biggirlssmallkitchen. 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. Beans + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,188 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Sweet potato + beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together165 recipes

    Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

  5. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, beans, olive, onion, celery, garlic, cumin):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, beans, olive, onion, celery, garlic, cumin. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.