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Banana Blueberry Muffins with Lavender

"These muffins are some of the best I've ever tasted. The lavender gives the flavor a slightly fresher taste, bringing out the vibrancy of the blueberries. You've got to try it! Serve warm with soft butter, if desired."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Banana Blueberry Muffins with Lavender

Why it works: Wheat and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,418 recipes. Both carry (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, melon. The science ↓

Banana Blueberry Muffins with Lavender

1 dozen muffins
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1039Calories
30 gProtein
29 gFat
168 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Blueberry1 cup (148g)84
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Lavendernot in our table0
Flowernot 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.

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. Wheat + milktop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,418 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

  2. Banana + milktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,470 recipes

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

  3. Wheat + canola oiltop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together113 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Flour + wheattop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,373 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Wheat + bananatop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together127 recipes

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

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

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, wheat, sugar, lavender, milk, canola oil, egg):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Blueberryfits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, wheat, sugar, lavender, milk, canola oil, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.