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Double Broccoli Quinoa

This is another favorite - I cook up lots of broccoli, then puree half of it into a pesto. The other half is cut into little florets. Toss the broccoli with some quinoa, sliced avocado and a drizzle of feisty chile pepper oil, and you've got a nice meal on your hands.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Double Broccoli Quinoa

Why it works: Broccoli and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,072 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Double Broccoli Quinoa

Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1037Calories
39 gProtein
71 gFat
71 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Toppingnot 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 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.

  1. Broccoli + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,072 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Quinoa + almondtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together62 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Quinoa + broccolitop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together55 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Broccoli + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together206 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, broccoli, garlic, almond, lemon, olive, cream):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Clovethe original

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