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Dagmar's Detox Salad

A guilt-free healthy snack to stave hunger pains - it's vegetarian too

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Dagmar's Detox Salad

Why it works: Carrot and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,053 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Dagmar's Detox Salad

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

728Calories
13 gProtein
50 gFat
70 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cabbage1 cup shredded (89g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Seednot 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. Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Cabbage + radishtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together106 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Parsley + pinetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together284 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Parsley + radishtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together120 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Cabbage + carrottop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,505 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 nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cabbage, carrot, parsley, apple, radish, pine, pumpkin):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Chestnutfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cabbage, carrot, parsley, apple, radish, pine, pumpkin. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.