Name: Butter Bean & Tomato Salad
Yield: Serves 6 - 8
Ingredients: 420g can butter beans , drained and rinsed; 500g cherry tomatoes , quartered; 2 small green or yellow courgettes (about 300g/10oz in total), chopped into small dice; 1 small red onion , chopped; 15-20g pack fresh coriander , chopped; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 3 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp ground cumin

Why it works: Coriander and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,866 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Butter Bean & Tomato Salad

Serves 6 - 8

Ingredients

420g can butter beans , drained and rinsed
500g cherry tomatoes , quartered
2 small green or yellow courgettes (about 300g/10oz in total), chopped into small dice
1 small red onion , chopped
15-20g pack fresh coriander , chopped
2 tbsp lemon juice
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp ground cumin

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

394Calories

5 gProtein

26 gFat

41 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Cumin	1 tsp ground (2.1g)	8
Bean	not in our table	0
Coriander	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.

Coriander + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,866 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Beans + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,188 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Coriander + lemontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,498 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Beans + olivetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,470 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Olive + cumintop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,853 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, beans, onion, coriander, lemon, olive, cumin):

Limefits better
Avocadofits better
Coconutfits better
Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, beans, onion, coriander, lemon, olive, cumin. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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