When I was at my local Farmer’s Market on Saturday, I happened to walk by a table from a local restaurant in my town called Trattoria 225. They were passing out little cups of this FANTASTIC orzo salad with a recipe card! I make an orzo salad with cooked orzo, feta cheese, fresh spinach, olive oil and pine nuts but this recipe was way better than mine!
SUMMER ORZO SALAD
1 pound cooked orzo pasta
1 zucchini, seeded, grilled and diced
1 yellow squash, seeded, grilled and diced
1 large ripe tomato, seeded and diced
4 oz. feta cheese, crumbled
4 oz. fresh basil, chopped
1 oz. kalamata olives, quartered
4 oz. lemon vinaigrette dressing*
salt and pepper to taste
1). Add orzo to large mixing bowl
2). Add all diced vegetables to bowl
3). Dice fresh basil into small squares, add to bowl
4). Add diced olives to bowl and toss all ingredients
5). Lightly dress with vinaigrette
6). Season with salt and pepper
*I didn’t look at the recipe until I got home so I couldn’t ask them what their lemon vinaigrette dressing was. You can make your own, otherwise, I used Paul Newman’s Light Lime Vinaigrette dressing!
It makes a lot, so feel free to cut this recipe in half.
I also wanted to show what I have had for desert every night the past few nights:
The best watermelon I’ve had all summer!
Check out my twin sister’s blog for her August 1st give-a-way this month, it’s a great one!
Mmm I love making big batch salads like this to keep in the fridge for easy summer meals. This sounds especially refreshing with the lime/lemon vinaigrette.
I haven’t had really, really awesome watermelon yet! It’s either hard and flavorless or mushy and over ripe!
What a great blog ! I love, love , love salads of all types !!!!!! Especially in the summer !!!
Yumma lumma !
Sounds great with the fresh lemon juice and feta – yum!
This sounds wonderful. I’ll definitely make it. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Wow, I had no clue she was your twin sister! How fun!!! That recipe sounds delicious – thanks for sharing!
Watermelon is definitley one of the best things about summer! : )
That sounds fantastic. I love orzo, and with feta…yum!
Can’t wait to try this. Anything with tomatoes, feta, and olives is a winner in my book!
The orzo salad sounds fantastic, and I just happen to have a bottle of that dressing in my fridge, so it was meant to be made!
I’ve been eating watermelon like crazy, too – it’s soooooooo good right now!
This orzo salad is so perfect for summer, what a great recipe! I love zucchini, squash, and tomatoes here!
Great recipe–can’t wait to try it!
Great recipe. I have become obsessed with watermelon this summer! SO GOOD!
I just noticed you’re a twin too! Pretty cool 🙂
This is really awesome. Watermelon and feta are obviously a good pair, but the salty olives are a nice touch. Sounds tasty.
One word: YUM! I love orzo salad, and this looks like a winner.
Reading my mind! I was just thinking something very similar with quinoa. I really want to throw some peas in it too. Gave me a couple other ideas too!