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Prawn and Avocado Salad

A really really healthy salad- full of good stuff!

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Cucumber and avocado match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 299 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Prawn and Avocado Salad

Serves 1

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

949Calories
46 gProtein
62 gFat
70 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saladnot 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 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.

  1. Cucumber + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together299 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Pine + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together36 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Cherry tomato + avocadotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Cucumber + asparagustop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together203 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Onion + avocadotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,653 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cucumber, cherry tomato, pine, onion, avocado, asparagus, pepper):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Lentilsfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cucumber, cherry tomato, pine, onion, avocado, asparagus, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.