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Chopped Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing

Using a small amount of strong cheese in a low-fat yoghurt dressing makes this ham salad a healthy choice

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Chopped Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing

Why it works: Lettuce and cucumber match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,409 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Chopped Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing

Serves 2

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

623Calories
56 gProtein
24 gFat
49 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1

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. Lettuce + cucumbertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,409 recipes

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

  2. Lettuce + celerytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,033 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Lettuce + cherry tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Onion + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Cucumber + celerytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,745 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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 (lettuce, cucumber, onion, celery, ham, blue cheese, yogurt):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lettuce, cucumber, onion, celery, ham, blue cheese, yogurt. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.