Make Ahead Greek Orzo Salad Food

ORZO SALAD

Steps:

• Pour the broth into a heavy large saucepan. Cover the pan and bring the broth to a boil over high heat. Stir in the orzo. Cover partially and cook until the orzo is tender but still firm to the bite, stirring frequently, about 7 minutes. Drain the orzo through a strainer. Transfer the orzo to a large wide bowl and toss until the orzo cools slightly. Set aside to cool completely.
• Toss the orzo with the beans, tomatoes, onion, basil, mint, and enough vinaigrette to coat. Season the salad, to taste, with salt and pepper, and serve at room temperature.
• Mix the vinegar, lemon juice, honey, salt, and pepper in a blender. With the machine running, gradually blend in the oil. Season the vinaigrette, to taste, with more salt and pepper, if desired.
• Yield: 1 3/4 cups

GREEK ORZO SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain. Drain artichoke hearts, reserving liquid.
• In large bowl combine pasta, artichoke hearts, tomato, cucumber, onion, feta, olives, parsley, lemon juice, oregano and lemon pepper. Toss and chill for 1 hour in refrigerator.
• Just before serving, drizzle reserved artichoke marinade over salad.

ORZO PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Make dressing by adding all of the ingredients to either a small bowl and whisking or a jar and shaking. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• In a large nonstick skillet, melt butter with olive oil over medium-low heat. Once melted, increase heat to medium-high and add orzo and red onions and sauté for 3-5 minutes, until red onion are soft.
• Stir in chicken broth, lemon juice salt and pepper. Simmer until orzo is al dente, 8-10 minutes, stirring frequently the last couple minutes of cooking so it doesn't burn. If you have leftover liquid, drain orzo. Transfer to a large bowl to cool in the refrigerator while you finish chopping your veggies.
• Add all of the salad ingredients to the orzo followed by the dressing. Toss to coat.
• Taste and season with additional lemon juice or salt and pepper to taste.

GREEK ORZO SALAD

Steps:

• -Put a large pot on to boil. Once it reaches a boil, salt the water generously.
• -While you're waiting for the water to boil; chop your vegetables and parsley, crumble your Feta (unless you bought it pre-crumbled, I do), and juice your lemons. (You could also do this beforehand but I'm a huge multitasker).
• -Boil the orzo for 5-7 minutes, make sure to pay attention to it's doneness because if you overcook it the salad won't have the correct texture.
• -Once the orzo is soft all the way through, shock it in ice-water, drain and put in a large mixing bowl.
• -Add the extra virgin olive oil and immediately stir it in well so the orzo doesn't stick to itself.
• -Add all of the vegetables, feta cheese, lemon juice (sparingly at first, make sure you don't make it too lemony; you can add more later!), parsley and a dash or salt and pepper. Stir well to combine everything evenly.
• -Put the salad into a sealable container or cover the top of your bowl with plastic wrap. Place in the refrigerator and let sit for at least an hour!
• -This should stay good for 3-5 days! Enjoy!

ORZO SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Prepare the pasta according to the package directions, or until slightly past al dente. Drain the orzo and toss it with a little olive oil, so that it doesn't stick together. Spread onto a baking sheet to cool.
• Prepare the Greek Salad Dressing and add in the red wine vinegar, lemon juice, oregano, and sea salt.
• In a large bowl, toss together the cooked orzo, cucumbers, tomatoes, chickpeas, feta, red onion, and olives. Drizzle the dressing over the salad, add half the herbs, season with freshly ground black pepper, and toss to coat. Garnish with the remaining herbs and serve.

GREEK ORZO SALAD

Steps:

• Boil Orzo pasta in water until al dente.
• Drain and allow to cool.
• Mix the pasta with the onion, tomato, basil, olives, and capers.
• In a small bowl whisk together the mustard and lemon juice.
• Gradually whisk in the oil until it forms an emulsion.
• Add in the oregano, salt and pepper.
• Pour over the pasta mixture and toss to coat.
• Chill in the refrigerator until cold.
• Toss in the feta cheese and chill until ready to serve.

MAKE AHEAD GREEK ORZO SALAD

Steps:

• Prepare salad dressing.
• Roll the basil and mint into a cigar like roll and slice thin as you can.
• Dice the red onion.
• Cook the orzo until it is al dente, about 9 minutes and drain.
• While it is still hot stir in the salad dressing, then 1/2 of the crumbled feta.
• Next stir in the spinache, mint/basil, olives and red onions. You do not need to chop the spnache as the heat from the pasta will wilt it.
• Let it sit for a couple of hours, or even better over night.
• Before you serve it, stir in the remaining feta and re-adjust the salt and pepper. If it seems a little dry add some olive oil.
• Note: Go light on the salt as the feta is salty and you will be adding feta at 2 different times.

30 BEST WAYS TO COOK ORZO

Steps:

• Select your favorite recipe.
• Organize all the required ingredients.
• Prep an orzo dish in 30 minutes or less!

GREEK LEMON ORZO SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a rolling boil. Add the orzo and cook for 7-8 minutes, stirring frequently to prevent sticking. Drain pasta but do not rinse.
• In a large serving bowl, toss together orzo pasta, cherry tomatoes, red onion, cucumber, lemon juice, olive oil, Kosher salt, and black pepper until combined.
• Gently toss in chopped basil and feta cheese. Taste test once more for salt and pepper.
• Salad can be served at room temp or be made the night before and refrigerated. Top with fresh lemon slices and basil leaves before serving.
• Note: for leftovers, squeeze a bit more fresh lemon juice and a drizzle of olive oil and toss together before serving.