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Easy Whole Wheat Orzo Greek Salad

This quick & easy vegetarian salad is a great side dish on a hot day or an easily packable lunch. Make it on a Sunday and have it for lunch all week.

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Easy Whole Wheat Orzo Greek Salad
Recipe Type: Salad & Side Dish
Cuisine: Greek
Author: Confessions of A Mother Runner
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Serves: 8
Quick, easy, healthy Vegetarian Orzo Greek Salad
Ingredients
  • 8 oz package of Whole Wheat Orzo
  • 12-16 oz of Campari or sweet tomatoes
  • 2 cups chopped red, green, yellow or orange peppers
  • 1 Cup chopped cucumber
  • 4 oz Feta cheese
  • 1 can Garbonzo beans, drained and rinsed
  • Chopped Romaine for a base layer
  • 1 lemon
  • 1/4 cup Olive Oil (if you have a lemon flavored olive oil it adds a lot of taste)
  • 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
  • pepper, kosher salt and oregano to taste
Instructions
  1. Cook Orzo according to package. Drain and rinse with cool water and allow to cool.
  2. Add in veggies, Feta, beans, Oil, vinegar, seasonings
  3. squeeze lemon on top
  4. Serve atop chopped Romaine
  5. Enjoy as a side dish or healthy lunch!

 


About Deborah Brooks

Hi I'm Deborah! I spend my days successfully raising a husband & 2 teens in the VA/DC area. I am a lover of all things running & fitness. As a life long vegetarian, I've always been passionate about healthy living & exercise. Looking for partners in crime, I started my own chapter of Moms Run This Town (MRTT) which has grown to over 700 members. I've met so many amazing women who inspire me daily to keep moving forward. You can usually find me running with my crew and training for the next crazy adventure they talked me into. I love to keep up to date on new running & fitness trends. I definitely choose my running gear based on color and love to express my fashion sense while exercising.

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  2. Lena says

    How did you know I had a dinner salad on the menu today? 🙂
    I am so making this one tonight! I LOVE orzo.
    Thanks for sharing this recipe and for linking up to Tasty Tuesday!

  6. GiGi Eats says

    Orzo was def my favorite back when I could eat pasta! The texture always made me so happy, LOL! Oh and the bow-ties were also amazing! 😀

  7. Amanda H says

    Ooh looks yummy! I love orzo but have never tried the whole wheat kind before. I’ll have to check it out! #wowlinkup

  8. Salt says

    That sounds delicious! Orzo is a new-ish discovery for me. I LOVE it. I never thought to put it on a salad! (Usually I have it in soup.)

    • Deborah Brooks says

      Thanks! I use the easy recipe pro plug in and it will automatically do it for you. The bowl was a wedding gift 19 years ago-LOL. Thanks sor stopping in.

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