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Quinoa with Currants, Dill, and Zucchini

Made from a quirky combination of quinoa, dill, shredded zucchini, and currants - a quinoa salad from Maria Speck's new book, Ancient Grains for Modern Meals.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Quinoa with Currants, Dill, and Zucchini

Why it works: Lemon and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 976 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Quinoa with Currants, Dill, and Zucchini

Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

592Calories
18 gProtein
27 gFat
73 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Toasted Sesame 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 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. Lemon + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Quinoa + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Onion + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  4. Olive + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,111 recipes

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

  5. Olive + quinoatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together465 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

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

Swap the currant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, onion, quinoa, lemon, sesame, dill, feta cheese):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Currantthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, onion, quinoa, lemon, sesame, dill, feta cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.