GREEK ORZO PASTA SALAD
Enjoy loads of flavors and colors in this GREEK ORZO PASTA SALAD. Each bite contains orzo pasta, tangy vinaigrette, olives, cucumbers, peppers onions and feta cheese.
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Mediterranean Orzo Salad
This pasta salad is prefect for parties, bbq’s or as a light summertime meal. Fresh veggies, small orzo pasta, feta cheese all tossed in a tangy vinaigrette.
INGREDIENT OPTIONS:
- The orzo can be switched with your favorite pasta – preferably a small sized pasta.
- Add more or less olives, peppers, onions, cucumbers and spinach to fit your tastes.
- The dressing can be swapped with a store bought greek or Italian dressing.
MORE FLAVORFUL PASTA SALAD RECIPES:
CAPRESE PASTA SALAD – BLT PASTA SALAD – DILL PICKLE PASTA SALAD – ITALIAN TORTELLINI PASTA SALAD
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GREEK ORZO PASTA SALAD
Ingredients
- 16 ounces orzo pasta
- 2 cups baby spinach leaves
- 1 large red bell pepper chopped
- ½ large red onion chopped
- 1 cucumber seeded and diced
- 5 ounces Castelvetrano green olives halved
- 5 ounces Kalamata pitted olives halved
- 7 ounces feta cheese crumbled
- ½ cup olive oil +more for drizzling
- 1 large lemon juiced
- 1 ½ teaspoons Italian seasoning
- pinch sea salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Cook orzo according to package instructions - slightly al dente.
- Drain the cooked orzo and allow to cool.
- To make the vinaigrette, mix the olive oil, juice of a lemon, Italian seasoning, sea salt, and pepper in a small bowl.
- In a separate large bowl combine orzo, spinach leaves, chopped bell pepper, chopped onion, diced cucumber, Castelventrano olives, Kalamata olives, and feta cheese.
- Drizzle vinaigrette over pasta then toss to thoroughly combine.
Allow the pasta salad to chill in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours (the longer the better). Drizzle with additional olive oil before serving.
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Delicious. Dressing homeade, and used differnt green olives but 2 sons loved it. It only fed 4..