Easy 20 Minute Mediterranean Orzo Salad

INGREDIENTS:
🔹 1 ½ cup dry orzo pasta
🔹 1 pint grape or cherry tomatoes halved
🔹 2 green onions trimmed and chopped (both white and green parts)
🔹 ½ green bell pepper seeds removed, chopped
🔹 1 cup packed chopped fresh parsley about 1 ½ ounces
🔹 ½ cup packed chopped fresh dill about 0.5 ounces
🔹 ¼ cup sliced pitted kalamata olives about 1 ounce
🔹 2 teaspoons capers
🔹 Feta cheese to your liking

For the Dressing
🔹 1 lemon zested and juiced
🔹 ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
🔹 1 garlic clove minced
🔹 1 teaspoon oregano

[denatrask]

I recently discovered your channel and this is the first recipe I've tried because I happened to have all the ingredients on hand. Ahhh-mazing!!! I tossed in a can of rinsed and drained chickpeas to make it a meal. And the hubs loved it too... Thank you!

[carol-mwtx]

Bought this salad at Giant eagle deli; i'm sold. Now i can make it myself. Will have it on the side with my Roasted Turkey Tender Loin. Thank you

[bibishamimah]

I made this today and my kids love it. Thank you!

[dufferjules]

Beautiful salad. Actually, for me, a meal all be itself.

[deegeraghty]

Thank you for this lovely summer recipe.

[stasha]

Love this salad, when you need to substitute the pasta- milet is great alkaline replacement

[Shroedinger]

I love that you put ingredients in description 😍
So many don’t even have one linked 👿
Your dishes look 👀 delicious
Subbed and shared 😇
“See you later Ciao” 😎

[colleenlagesse]

You are amazing....fab. recipe, so different, such amazing textures and taste.. yum.!!!!

[kathleenhardwick]

I am making this today! Thank you. Bye bye- got to heat my water for orzo.

[ellenreynolds]

I love love orzo. Will try soon. Seriously, , how are you so lean? I look at this salad and instantly gain weight.

[IvanValerioCortesi]

This is a Greek 🇬🇷 salad ...say the things with the correct name ❤❤
Saluti from Italy 🇮🇹

[tylerdurden]

I’ve made this a dozen times at least and it always blows people away. You’ve given me recipe that is a point of pride when I get to share it others, if I don’t eat it all myself first. Thank you so very much

[miladydewinter]

I added a tesspoon of Dijon mustard to the sauce -- delicious

[ellenreynolds]

Haha, loved the scenes with you fiddling with that lemon juicer. I too run into that situation on occassion, , but I cut the lemon in smaller pieces. For me, it's harder trying to squeeze the lemon by hand. I think I tried this recipe a while back, and it was very good.

[dorothybrook]

Just tried this recipe and it was delicious. Thank you for a great recipe.

[kalyda]

Thank you so much for sharing this recipe! What I love about your recipes is that you really capture the essence of Mediterranean cooking by using refreshingly simple, few yet flavorful ingredients to make your dishes. I just made this dish on a whim since I had 95% of the ingredients and it turned out AWESOME! The original recipe is spectacular but I had to make just a few substitutions because of dietary restrictions, etc. but this recipe is versatile so it worked well. I can't eat green onions so I substituted cucumber instead and it added a nice a little additional crunch. I also didn't have any cherry tomatoes so I added some of sundried tomatoes I had left from a previous dish. Definitely will be making this dish again!

[theprodigal]

Suzy, if I don’t have orzo could I make this salad with rice instead?

[Kind-cards]

I had no idea what to cook today and saw my orzo but felt like something different so thank you for this recipe! 🎉

[namotenashi]

It's a colorful and healthy salad! It looks very refreshing and delicious!

[shanecorrea]

I'm definitely going to try this recipe. Thank you for sharing!