Orzo / Tomato Salad with Feta and Olives

Name: Orzo / Tomato Salad with Feta and Olives
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup orzo pasta; 1 cup feta cheese, diced; 3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped; 3 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped; 1 tomatoes, coarsely chopped (ripe); 1/4 cup virgin olive oil; 1/4 cup green olives; 1/8 cup lemon juice; salt and pepper

Submitted by Dancer

"We usually make this salad once a week when we can get ripe local tomatoes and usually double or triple the recipe."

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photo by FrenchBunny

Ready In:: 25mins
Ingredients:: 9
Serves:: 6

ingredients

1 cup orzo pasta
1 cup feta cheese, diced
3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
3 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped
1 tomatoes, coarsely chopped (ripe)
¹⁄₄ cup virgin olive oil
¹⁄₄ cup green olives
¹⁄₈ cup lemon juice
salt and pepper

directions

Cook orzo according to package for al dente. Drain and rinse with cold water.
Once orzo has cooled, in serving bowl mix orzo, olives, feta, parsley, dill, and tomato.
In small bowl, whisk together oil and lemon juice. Mix into salad.
Salt and pepper to taste. Refrigerate and chill before serving.
If you use dried dill, be sure to use plenty.
Serves: 6 as a side dish.
Also great as a main dish for lunch.

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Reviews

Very simple, but absolutely delicious.

MDJTL
Delicious and soooo easy! Made it as a side for BBQ salmon. I will definitely be making this again!

Jen in Victoria
I was looking for an Orzo Salad recipe to replace one I lost years ago. I was happy to discover this is WAY better than my old one. Now I'm glad I lost it!

irishtwinsny
This is really good. I made it just after noon to have with dinner tonight. Of course, I had to taste it, even before it chilled and boy, is it delicious! It will go great with one of summer's bounties, an all vegetable dinner. Fresh garden tomatoes, cucumber salad, skillet sauted cabbage, vine-ripened Pureheart seedless watermelon, and of course, fresh-from-the-field sweet corn. Thanks for posting this wonderful Orzo-Tomato Salad.

Redox
This was a delicious salad and so quick to put together. We all enjoyed it so much. I mixed up the olives with black and green. I can never find real good flavorful tomatoes except for the Campari tomatoes. Much bigger than cherry tomatoes but smaller than regular, so I used about 4 of them coarsely chopped. I also used dried dill and added some extra as posted and it turned out wonderful. This is such a great refreshing salad to have for lunch. I had assembled all the salad ingredients except the feta the night before, and in the morning before going to work I added the feta. Made for Comfort Cafe '09. Thanks for posting Dancer^

FrenchBunny