Name: My "sss" Menu. a New Years Resolution Dinner ... Easy Potato Soup, Great Grilled Cheese Sandwich and a Simple Romaine with a Oil Less Salad Recipe
Yield: serves 4 or more
Ingredients: 3 large potatoes, peeled and cut in 1" pieces (SP); 2 carrots (medium) peeled and cut into 2" pieces (SP); 1 medium onion cut into quarters (SP); 1 large box of chicken broth or stock (SP); 1 cup of milk or light cream (SP); 2 teaspoons fresh basil and parsley chopped (1 for cooking; 1 for garnish) (SP); Salt and pepper to taste (SP); 3 slices of pancetta or bacon diced, sauteed as a garnish, OPTIONAL (SP); 8 slices of multi grain bread (SM); 8 slices of fresh mozzarella (SM); 8 slices of heirloom tomatoes (SM); 20 or so fresh basil leaves (4 or 5 per sandwich) (SM); Salt and pepper to taste (SM); Butter or margarine to coat the bread for grilling (SM); 2 heads of romaine hearts (SD); 1 avacado thin sliced (SD); 1 small can of halved olives (SD); 2 medium shallot thin sliced (SD); 2 raw eggs beaten (SD); 1/2 cup sugar (SD); 1/4 cup cider vinegar (SD); 1/4 cup water (SD); 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning (SD); Salt and pepper to taste

Why it works: Carrot and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,053 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

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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.

Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together8,053 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Basil + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,351 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Basil + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,294 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, carrot, chicken, milk, basil, parsley, pepper):

Capsicumfits better
Tomatofits better
Parsnipfits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, carrot, chicken, milk, basil, parsley, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Cider	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0

My "sss" Menu. a New Years Resolution Dinner ... Easy Potato Soup, Great Grilled Cheese Sandwich and a Simple Romaine with a Oil Less Salad Recipe