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Barley Primavera

"A variety of seasonal vegetables could be used in this recipe. Preparation time is 15 minutes. This recipe is from The WEBB Cooks, articles and recipes by Robyn Webb, courtesy of the American Diabetes Association."

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Why it works: Carrot and barley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 784 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

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6 - 1/2 cup servings

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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. Carrot + barleytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together784 recipes

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

  2. Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together8,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,036 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Garlic + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, garlic, onion, carrot, barley, parsley, olive):

  1. Lemonthe original
  2. Avocadoabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Limeabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, garlic, onion, carrot, barley, parsley, olive. 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).