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Banana Split Smoothie

"This is my favorite breakfast smoothie and keeps me full until lunch!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Chia and soy milk share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 5 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

2 1/2 cups
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Contains: soy (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Add the rolled oats and the chia seeds, if using, to a blender with the pineapple juice and chocolate-flavored soy milk.

  2. Blend on high for about 30 seconds until the oats are finely ground and the liquid looks smooth.

  3. Add the frozen pineapple chunks, frozen whole strawberries and the small banana to the blender.

  4. Blend on high for 45 to 60 seconds, stopping to scrape down the sides if needed, until completely smooth and thick.

  5. If the smoothie is too thick to blend, add a splash of water and blend again briefly.

  6. Pour into two glasses and serve right away while cold.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chia + soy milktop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Pineapple + bananatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together732 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Oats + chiatop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together65 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Oats + bananatop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together288 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).

  5. Chia + bananatop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together43 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the chia

The recipe marks chia as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, pineapple, chocolate, soy milk, banana):

  1. Cinnamonbetter flavor fit
  2. Gingerbetter flavor fit
  3. Chiathe original
  4. Peppermintabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, pineapple, chocolate, soy milk, banana. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).