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Cheesy Spinach Lasagna

"This is quick and easy. I like the three different cheeses."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Cheesy Spinach Lasagna

Why it works: Cream cheese and cottage cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 77 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Cheesy Spinach Lasagna

12 servings
Prep25 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

429Calories
30 gProtein
30 gFat
8 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Provolone Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cottage Cheese1/2 cup (113g) 2%98
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Lasagnanot in our table0

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. Cream cheese + cottage cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together77 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Cream cheese + provolone cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Provolone cheese + cottage cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Garlic + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,435 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Cottage cheese + spinachtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together106 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, egg, provolone cheese, cottage cheese, spinach):

  1. Garlicthe original
  2. Dillfits about as well
  3. Capersfits less well
  4. Oreganofits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, egg, provolone cheese, cottage cheese, spinach. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.