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Carrot-Raisin Salad

"This is great for Easter, but we love it anytime! My kids love making and eating 'Bunny Salad', and they have no idea they are voluntarily ingesting veggies. =)"

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Carrot-Raisin Salad

Why it works: Carrot and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Carrot-Raisin Salad

6 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

344Calories
20 gProtein
4 gFat
61 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6

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. Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  2. Celery + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,467 recipes

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

  3. Celery + walnuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together852 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Apple + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,501 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Carrot + lemontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,351 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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 (carrot, apple, celery, lemon, vanilla, yogurt, walnut):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Cranberryfits better
  3. Orangefits better
  4. Raisinthe original

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