Name: Ten Minute Couscous Soup Recipe
Yield: Serves 4-6.
Ingredients: 7 cups great-tasting vegetable broth; 2 or 3 pinches crushed red pepper flakes; 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 1 cup whole wheat, barley, or regular couscous; 1 1/2 cups broccoli florets, cut into tiny pieces smaller than your thumb; 1 1/2 cups cauliflower florets, cut into tiny pieces smaller than your thumb; 4 oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, chopped (opt); 4 green onions, trimmed and thinly sliced; an ounce or two of goat cheese

Why it works: Broccoli and cauliflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 127 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Ten Minute Couscous Soup Recipe

Serves 4-6.

Ingredients

7 cups great-tasting vegetable broth
2 or 3 pinches crushed red pepper flakes
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 cup whole wheat, barley, or regular couscous
1 1/2 cups broccoli florets, cut into tiny pieces smaller than your thumb
1 1/2 cups cauliflower florets, cut into tiny pieces smaller than your thumb
4 oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, chopped (opt)
4 green onions, trimmed and thinly sliced
an ounce or two of goat cheese

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

720Calories

22 gProtein

24 gFat

109 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Barley	1 cup cooked (157g)	193
Couscous	1 cup cooked (157g)	176
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Goat Cheese	1 oz (28g)	103
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Wheat	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 101cookbooks. 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.

Broccoli + cauliflowertop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together127 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Olive + wheattop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,100 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Broccoli + oniontop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,294 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Olive + broccolitop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,460 recipes

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

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 (pepper, olive, wheat, broccoli, tomato, onion, goat cheese):

Capsicumfits better
Spinachfits better
Potatofits better
Cauliflowerthe original

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

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