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Aunt Mabel's Molded Avocado Salad with Toasted Pecans

"This recipe has been in my husband's family for several generations. His aunt gave it to me when we were married 45 years ago. Everyone loves it."

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Aunt Mabel's Molded Avocado Salad with Toasted Pecans

Why it works: Lime and avocado match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,117 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Aunt Mabel's Molded Avocado Salad with Toasted Pecans

6 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

666Calories
14 gProtein
51 gFat
48 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
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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. Lime + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,117 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Avocado + lettucetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together464 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Lime + lettucetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together408 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Celery + lettucetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,033 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Avocado + oniontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,653 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the onion

The recipe marks onion as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, cream cheese, celery, avocado, butter, lettuce, sugar):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Mustardfits better
  3. Cucumberfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lime, cream cheese, celery, avocado, butter, lettuce, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.