Name: Superhealthy Slaw
Prep time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: ½ Savoy or white cabbage , quartered, cored and shredded; 1 apple , cored and grated; 2 carrots , cut into matchsticks; ½ red onion , finely sliced; 100g pot fat-free Greek yogurt; juice ½ lemon; 2 tsp cider vinegar; 2 tsp Dijon mustard

Why it works: Apple and cider are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,238 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Superhealthy Slaw

Serves 6

Prep15 min

Ingredients

½ Savoy or white cabbage , quartered, cored and shredded
1 apple , cored and grated
2 carrots , cut into matchsticks
½ red onion , finely sliced
100g pot fat-free Greek yogurt
juice ½ lemon
2 tsp cider vinegar
2 tsp Dijon mustard

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

304Calories

21 gProtein

2 gFat

56 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Apple	1 medium (182g)	95
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
White Cabbage	1 cup shredded (89g)	22
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Cider	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.

Apple + cidertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,238 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Carrot + oniontop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together21,601 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Cider + vinegartop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,431 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).
Cabbage + carrottop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,505 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Cabbage + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,001 recipes

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

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cabbage, apple, carrot, onion, yogurt, cider, vinegar):

Plumfits better
Grapefits better
Mangofits better
Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cabbage, apple, carrot, onion, yogurt, cider, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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