Name: Apple, Celery, and Walnut Salad
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: 2 Fuji apples, diced (1/4 inch); Juice of 1/2 lemon; 2 ribs celery, diced (1/4 inch); 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts; 1/3 cup golden raisins; 1/4 cup reduced-calorie mayonnaise; 1/4 cup low-fat sour cream; Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Why it works: Lemon and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,047 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Apple, Celery, and Walnut Salad

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

2 Fuji apples, diced (1/4 inch)
Juice of 1/2 lemon
2 ribs celery, diced (1/4 inch)
1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
1/3 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup reduced-calorie mayonnaise
1/4 cup low-fat sour cream
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

385Calories

26 gProtein

9 gFat

55 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Apple	1 medium (182g)	95
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Walnut	1 walnut half (4g)	26
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
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 epicurious. 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.

Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Lemon + celerytop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,467 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together16,012 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Celery + walnuttop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together852 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Lemon + walnuttop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,149 recipes

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

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

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (apple, lemon, celery, walnut, cream, pepper):

Limefits better
Orangefits better
Figfits better
Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against apple, lemon, celery, walnut, cream, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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