Name: Avocado Pineapple Salad
Prep time: 20 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups cucumbers - peeled, seeded, and cubed; 1/2 cup chopped red onion; 2 tablespoons chopped serrano pepper; 2 tablespoons lime juice; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 2 1/2 cups pineapple, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch dice; 2 avocado - peeled, pitted and diced

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 ↓

Avocado Pineapple Salad

12 servings

Prep20 min

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups cucumbers - peeled, seeded, and cubed
1/2 cup chopped red onion
2 tablespoons chopped serrano pepper
2 tablespoons lime juice
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups pineapple, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch dice
2 avocado - peeled, pitted and diced

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

401Calories

6 gProtein

23 gFat

54 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Avocado	1 medium (150g)	240
Pineapple	1 cup chunks (165g)	82
Red Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
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 allrecipes. 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.

Lime + avocadotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,117 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Cucumber + avocadotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together299 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,491 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Onion + avocadotop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,653 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Cucumber + limetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together649 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 pineapple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cucumber, onion, pepper, lime, avocado):

Mangofits better
Lemonfits better
Cherryfits better
Pineapplethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cucumber, onion, pepper, lime, avocado. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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