Name: Summer Corn & Tomato Salad Recipe
Yield: Hearty portions for 8 people.
Ingredients: 6 cobs of fresh corn (sweet, white corn is best); 1 can of chick peas (low sodium are best); 1 container of grape tomatoes; 1 jalapeno pepper; a few sprigs of fresh cilantro (use parsley if you don't care for cilantro); 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil (for dressing) as well as 2 tbs for sauteing corn; 2 limes, juiced (add the zest of 1 as well); generous sprinkling of kosher salt & fresh black pepper; 2 cloves of garlic, minced.

Why it works: Tomato and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Summer Corn & Tomato Salad Recipe

Hearty portions for 8 people.

Ingredients

6 cobs of fresh corn (sweet, white corn is best)
1 can of chick peas (low sodium are best)
1 container of grape tomatoes
1 jalapeno pepper
a few sprigs of fresh cilantro (use parsley if you don't care for cilantro)
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil (for dressing) as well as 2 tbs for sauteing corn
2 limes, juiced (add the zest of 1 as well)
generous sprinkling of kosher salt & fresh black pepper
2 cloves of garlic, minced.

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

380Calories

10 gProtein

16 gFat

58 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 13 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Pea	1/2 cup (72g)	62
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Cilantro	1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)	1
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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.

Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Parsley + olivetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,649 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Corn + tomatotop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,099 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,923 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 jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (corn, peas, grape, tomato, pepper, parsley, olive):

Thymefits better
Basilfits better
Corianderfits better
Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against corn, peas, grape, tomato, pepper, parsley, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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