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Almost Eggless Egg Salad

"More than just a substitute for egg salad! The only egg is in the mayonnaise; use soy mayonnaise for a vegan variation. Serve on wheat toast with crisp lettuce and fresh tomato slices."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Almost Eggless Egg Salad

Why it works: Dill and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 669 recipes. Both carry p-mentha-1,3,8-triene, which smells camphor, herbal. The science ↓

Almost Eggless Egg Salad

4 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

279Calories
17 gProtein
11 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tofu100g firm76
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Relishnot 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.

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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. Dill + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together669 recipes

    Shared aroma: p-mentha-1,3,8-triene (camphor, herbal).

  2. Mustard + dilltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together560 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Mustard + turmerictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,279 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Turmeric + tofutop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together102 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Turmeric + parsleytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together752 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vinegar, mustard, sugar, turmeric, dill, parsley, tofu):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Broccolifits better
  3. Cucumberfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against vinegar, mustard, sugar, turmeric, dill, parsley, tofu. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.