Name: Campbell's Kitchen Creamy Pasta Primavera
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free); 1/2 cup water; 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 1/2 teaspoon dried basil leaves, crushed; 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1 (16 ounce) package frozen vegetable combination (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots); 1/2 (16 ounce) package spaghetti , cooked and drained

Why it works: Broccoli and cauliflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 127 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Campbell's Kitchen Creamy Pasta Primavera

4 servings

Prep20 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free)
1/2 cup water
3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon dried basil leaves, crushed
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 (16 ounce) package frozen vegetable combination (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots)
1/2 (16 ounce) package spaghetti , cooked and drained

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

549Calories

47 gProtein

31 gFat

25 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1
Soup	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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.

Broccoli + cauliflowertop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together127 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Garlic + broccolitop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,072 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Lemon + basiltop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,823 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Basil + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,805 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the cauliflower

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, parmesan cheese, lemon, basil, garlic, pepper, broccoli):

Spinachfits better
Kalefits better
Tomatofits better
Cauliflowerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, parmesan cheese, lemon, basil, garlic, pepper, broccoli. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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