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Broccoli Salad with Margarita Dressing

"A quick salad that is made with raw broccoli, romaine lettuce, cherry tomatoes, and a few other ingredients that marinate in a simple olive oil and lime dressing. Perfect way to use up all those cherry tomatoes in the garden."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Broccoli Salad with Margarita Dressing

Why it works: Tomato and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Broccoli Salad with Margarita Dressing

6 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

525Calories
17 gProtein
25 gFat
69 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Romaine Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 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 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. Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Broccoli + lettucetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together181 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Lettuce + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together408 recipes

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

  4. Broccoli + limetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together287 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Lettuce + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,580 recipes

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

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

Swap the grape

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (broccoli, lettuce, tomato, mushroom, onion, olive, lime):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Cherryfits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Grapethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against broccoli, lettuce, tomato, mushroom, onion, olive, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.