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Quinoa with Garlicky Vegetables Recipe

This is a very healthy dish that will make you feel full and satisfied without feeling heavy. The crunch of the nuts, cabbage, and celery offer a nice contrast...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Quinoa and kale share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Quinoa with Garlicky Vegetables Recipe

3-4 (side) 2-3 (main)

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

629Calories
20 gProtein
31 gFat
75 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. 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. Quinoa + kaletop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Shallot + kaletop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together42 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Quinoa + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together25 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

  4. Garlic + kaletop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together490 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Garlic + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, pepper, clove, garlic, shallot, kale, celery):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Welsh onionfits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against quinoa, pepper, clove, garlic, shallot, kale, celery. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.