Orzo Salad With a Lemon Mustard Dressing
Most people have had some kind of pasta salad, but have you tried an orzo pasta salad with home made dressing?
I started by cooking 1 cup of orzo pasta in a little olive oil and salt, then drained the water and let it cool.
I was always really intimidated making home made salad dressing but it is so freaking easy!!
Mix 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard, 1/2 teaspoon honey , 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest and 1/2 fresh squeezed lemon.
Mix the dressing all together and add it to the cooled pasta.
I don't know if you can call this a salad since it doesn't have any veggies just yet!
Dice 1/4 diced sweet onion and 1 large diced red pepper. I personally am not a big fan of cucumbers in my pasta salads and don't care for tomatoes but those may be a good addition as well!
Chop 1/2 cup of fresh herbs; use any combination of fresh parsley, cilantro, basil, dill, scallions or mint. I had scallions and parsley so that's what I went with. Add 1/2 cup pitted and halved olives.
I loved the lemon taste!
Orzo Salad With a Lemon Mustard Dressing
Recipe details
- 3 bowls
- Prep time: 10 Minutes Cook time: 15 Minutes Total time: 25 min
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