Orzo Salad

Name: Orzo Salad
Ingredients: For salad:; 1 box orzo (rice shaped pasta); 2-3 roma tomotaoes - seeded and chopped; 1 bunch green onions sliced thin; 1 lg cucumber (I like englich hothouse) seeded and diced; 1 lg red bell pepper - chopped; 1 lb asparagus - chopped into bite size pieces; 4-6 lg fresh basil leaves - chopped; 8-10 leaves fresh mint leaves - chopped; 1/3 bunch fresh parsley - chopped; sale & pepper to taste; vinaigrette:; 1/4 cup good olive oil; 2-3 tbsp rice wine vineger; 1 tbsp dijon mustard; 1 tsp minced fresh garlic (or infused garlic oil); salt & pepper

17 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

For salad:
1 box orzo (rice shaped pasta)
2-3 roma tomotaoes - seeded and chopped
1 bunch green onions sliced thin
1 lg cucumber (I like englich hothouse) seeded and diced
1 lg red bell pepper - chopped
1 lb asparagus - chopped into bite size pieces
4-6 lg fresh basil leaves - chopped
8-10 leaves fresh mint leaves - chopped
1/3 bunch fresh parsley - chopped
sale & pepper to taste
vinaigrette:
1/4 cup good olive oil
2-3 tbsp rice wine vineger
1 tbsp dijon mustard
1 tsp minced fresh garlic (or infused garlic oil)
salt & pepper

Directions

1

cook orzo until tender but not too much. drain and cool
2

in a large bowl mix the orzo with all the other chopped ingredients
3

chill for about an hour
4

add the vinaigrette just before serving. If too dry, you can double the recipe