Name: Tomato & Mozzarella Couscous Salad
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 teacup (about 225g/8oz) couscous; 1 tbsp pesto (red or green will be fine); ½ vegetable stock cube; 150g pack mozzarella , torn into pieces; 2 large tomatoes , chopped; handful rocket or other salad leaves; 4 tbsp olive oil; 1 tbsp pesto (red or green); juice 1 lemon

Why it works: Tomato and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Tomato & Mozzarella Couscous Salad

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 teacup (about 225g/8oz) couscous
1 tbsp pesto (red or green will be fine)
½ vegetable stock cube
150g pack mozzarella , torn into pieces
2 large tomatoes , chopped
handful rocket or other salad leaves
4 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp pesto (red or green)
juice 1 lemon

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

458Calories

15 gProtein

20 gFat

56 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Couscous	1 cup cooked (157g)	176
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Salad	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.

Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Olive + lemontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,922 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Tomato + lemontop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,592 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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 (tomato, olive):

Avocadofits better
Cherryfits better
Plumfits better
Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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