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Back to the Basics Smoothie

"Just a basic smoothie that uses your basic fruits. If you wish, you may omit the tofu."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Back to the Basics Smoothie

Why it works: Mandarin orange and orange share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 87 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Back to the Basics Smoothie

4 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

400Calories
12 gProtein
6 gFat
84 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Tofu100g firm76
Mandarin Orange1 medium (131g)62
Orange1 medium (131g)62

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.

  1. Mandarin orange + orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together87 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Banana + appletop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together435 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Apple + orangetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,230 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Banana + orangetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,118 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Mandarin orange + bananatop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together35 recipes

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

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

Swap the mandarin orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (banana, apple, tofu, orange):

  1. Pineapplefits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Mandarin orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against banana, apple, tofu, orange. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.