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Chive and Onion Yogurt and Cream Cheese Spread

"A delicious, homemade version of the new yogurt and cream cheese spreads in the grocery store. If Greek yogurt is not available, hang your yogurt in a cheesecloth over the sink to drain overnight."

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Chive and Onion Yogurt and Cream Cheese Spread

Why it works: Onion and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,907 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Chive and Onion Yogurt and Cream Cheese Spread

2 cups
Prep15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

244Calories
20 gProtein
11 gFat
18 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1

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.

  1. Onion + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,907 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Cream cheese + yogurttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together873 recipes

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

  3. Chive + yogurttop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together365 recipes

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

  4. Chive + cream cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together204 recipes

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

  5. Onion + yogurttop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,022 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chive, cream cheese, yogurt):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Cucumberfits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

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