Name: Cranberry Salad with Grapes
Prep time: 30 min
Yield: 8 cups
Ingredients: 1 pound ground raw cranberries; 2 cups white sugar; 2 cups seedless grapes, halved; 1 cup chopped walnuts; 1/4 pound miniature marshmallows; 1 cup frozen whipped topping, thawed

Why it works: Grape and walnut are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,427 recipes. Both carry 1-hexanal, which smells fruit. The science ↓

Cranberry Salad with Grapes

8 cups

Prep30 min

Ingredients

1 pound ground raw cranberries
2 cups white sugar
2 cups seedless grapes, halved
1 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 pound miniature marshmallows
1 cup frozen whipped topping, thawed

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

137Calories

1 gProtein

3 gFat

29 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Walnut	1 walnut half (4g)	26
Marshmallow	not in our table	0
Topping	not in our table	0

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.

Grape + walnuttop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,427 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).
Sugar + grapetop 23% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together7,490 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Sugar + walnuttop 26% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,147 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, grape):

Almondfits better
Walnutthe original
Chestnutfits less well
Pistachiofits less well

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

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