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Coconut Quinoa

"A nice change from plain old grains. Quinoa has become a staple in our home because it only takes about 15 minutes to cook as opposed to 45 minutes for brown rice. I use canned coconut milk or coconut milk from the carton interchangeably. However, the coconut milk from the carton is sweetened, which my family likes but might not be right with some main dishes."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Coconut Quinoa

Why it works: Quinoa and coconut share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 50 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Coconut Quinoa

6 servings
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

505Calories
11 gProtein
31 gFat
49 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
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. Quinoa + coconuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together50 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Coconut + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,648 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Quinoa + milktop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together59 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

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

Swap the coconut

The recipe marks coconut as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, milk):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Coconutthe original
  4. Pumpkinfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against quinoa, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.