Name: Herby Quinoa, Feta & Pomegranate Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: SERVES 4 or 6-8 as a side
Ingredients: 300g quinoa; 1 red onion , finely chopped; 85g raisins or sultanas; 100g feta cheese , crumbled; 200g pomegranate seeds from tub or fruit; 85g toasted pine nuts or toasted flaked almonds; small pack each coriander , flat leaf parsley and mint, roughly chopped; juice 3 lemons; 1 tsp sugar

Why it works: Quinoa and pomegranate share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Herby Quinoa, Feta & Pomegranate Salad

SERVES 4 or 6-8 as a side

Prep10 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

300g quinoa
1 red onion , finely chopped
85g raisins or sultanas
100g feta cheese , crumbled
200g pomegranate seeds from tub or fruit
85g toasted pine nuts or toasted flaked almonds
small pack each coriander , flat leaf parsley and mint, roughly chopped
juice 3 lemons
1 tsp sugar

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

799Calories

24 gProtein

37 gFat

103 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 15 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Quinoa	1 cup cooked (185g)	222
Pine	1 oz (28g)	191
Feta Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Pomegranate	1/2 cup seeds (87g)	72
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Walnut	1 walnut half (4g)	26
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Almond	1 almond (1.2g)	7
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Seed	not in our table	0
Fruit	not in our table	0
Coriander	not in our table	0
Peppermint	not in our table	0

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

By bbcgoodfood. 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.

Quinoa + pomegranatetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together19 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Quinoa + coriandertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together135 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Pomegranate + coriandertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together107 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Quinoa + pinetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together31 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Pomegranate + pinetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together18 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, onion, feta cheese, pomegranate, pine, coriander, parsley):

Avocadofits better
Limefits better
Lemonfits better
Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against quinoa, onion, feta cheese, pomegranate, pine, coriander, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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