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Cool Carrot Salad

"This is a delicious light summer salad, that is very refreshing and tasty. Always a hit at summer get-togethers."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Cool Carrot 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 ↓

Cool Carrot Salad

8 servings
Prep20 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

189Calories
5 gProtein
1 gFat
42 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar Substitute1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Green Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Soupnot 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. Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  2. Sugar substitute + saucetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Celery + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,377 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Carrot + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,555 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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 (carrot, celery, pepper, tomato, vinegar, sugar substitute, sauce):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Mustardfits better
  3. Broccolifits about as well
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against carrot, celery, pepper, tomato, vinegar, sugar substitute, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.