Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, greek spinach orzo salad. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Greek spinach orzo salad is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Greek spinach orzo salad is something which I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have greek spinach orzo salad using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Greek spinach orzo salad:
- Get 3 oz uncooked orzo pasta
- Make ready 5 oz spinach, torn
- Get 1/2 cup kalamata (Greek) olives, roughly chopped
- Prepare 1 red onion, sliced into thin half moons
- Make ready 1 cucumber, quartered and sliced
- Make ready 1 tomato, diced
- Get 1/2 cup balsamic vinaigrette
- Take 1 tsp dried oregano
- Get 1/4 tsp salt
- Take 1/4 tsp pepper
- Get 4 oz feta cheese, crumbled
- Get 1/3 cup pine nuts
It's perfect for lunch, dinner and will be a hit at summer barbecues! Stir dressing into salad to coat well. Stir more than you think you need to as it will help to wilt the spinach a bit. Serve at room temperature or chilled.
Instructions to make Greek spinach orzo salad:
- Cook orzo pasta according to package directions.
- Meanwhile, toast pine nuts: place pine nuts in saute pan and toast over medium heat until golden, stirring often. Remove from heat when done.
- When pasta is cooked, drain and rinse with cold water. Drain well.
- In large bowl, combine spinach, orzo, onion, cucumber, tomato, olives, salt, pepper, oregano, and balsamic vinaigrette. Chill 2 hours. - - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/350252-balsamic-vinaigrette
- Sprinkle with toasted pine nuts and feta and serve.
Stir more than you think you need to as it will help to wilt the spinach a bit. Serve at room temperature or chilled. Another light summer orzo salad, with fresh spinach and toasted pignoli nuts. A wonderful side dish for those summer BBQ's!! Strain and rinse with cold water to stop cooking and cool the pasta.
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