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Cauliflower & Quinoa Salad

Cauliflower, Chickpea & Quinoa Salad

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Cauliflower & Quinoa Salad

Why it works: Chickpea and quinoa share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 37 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Cauliflower & Quinoa Salad

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

739Calories
28 gProtein
30 gFat
90 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Peppermintnot 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. Chickpea + quinoatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together37 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Garlic + chickpeatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together813 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Chickpea + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together314 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the cauliflower

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, clove, lemon, olive, chickpea, quinoa, parsley):

  1. Kalefits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Cauliflowerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, clove, lemon, olive, chickpea, quinoa, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.