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Cool and Creamy Cucumber Salad

"A cool side dish perfect for hot summer days, using sweet bell peppers instead of onions for those like me that hate onions!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Cool and Creamy Cucumber Salad

Why it works: Cucumber and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 530 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Cool and Creamy Cucumber Salad

8 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

160Calories
19 gProtein
1 gFat
18 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Green Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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. Cucumber + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together530 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + dilltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

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

  3. Yogurt + dilltop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together580 recipes

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

  4. Cucumber + yogurttop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together650 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Cucumber + peppertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,991 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 cucumber

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, yogurt, cream, apple cider vinegar, dill):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Beetrootfits about as well
  3. Cucumberthe original
  4. Horseradishfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, yogurt, cream, apple cider vinegar, dill. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.