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Spinach and Kamut Salad with Chili-Orange Dressing

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Spinach and Kamut Salad with Chili-Orange Dressing

Why it works: Sunflower and walnut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 129 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Spinach and Kamut Salad with Chili-Orange Dressing

Serves 2
Prep15 min
Cook60 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

564Calories
16 gProtein
40 gFat
42 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By naturallyella. 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. Sunflower + walnuttop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together129 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  2. Spinach + sunflowertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together101 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Spinach + walnuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together221 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Sunflower + orangetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Sunflower + honeytop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together224 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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 (spinach, sunflower, walnut, honey):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against spinach, sunflower, walnut, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.