Lemon Orzo Salad - quick to prepare with a delicious lemony flavour

Here’s a zesty Lemon Orzo Salad to try! Quick to prepare with a delicious lemony flavour. We prefer to make this with Lisbon, Yen Ben or Genoa Lemons for a fresh, punchy lemon flavour. We also like to add the zest of half a lemon. For a change swap out the Lemon for Lime, and the parsley, for coriander. Delete the mustard and replace with fish sauce. This then makes a lovely Thai flavoured Orzo Salad.

Serves: 6
Preparation: 10 minutes
Cooking: 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cucumber, diced
• 1 ½ cups cherry tomatoes, halved
• ½ red onion, thinly sliced
• 1 capsicum, deseeded, diced
• 1 large handful parsley, roughly chopped
• 1 ½ cups dried orzo pasta
• 1 lemon

Dressing

• Juice of 1 lemon
• Zest of 1 lemon
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• Pinch salt & pepper

Method

• Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil.
• Add orzo and cook until tender for 6-10 minutes. 
• Drain and put orzo into a salad bowl.
• In a small bowl, whisk the dressing ingredients together.
• Add the dressing to the drained orzo and mix well
• Gently stir in the cucumber, tomatoes, onion, capsicum and parsley.
• Serve with wedges of lemon.

Recipe shared with permission of Love NZ Citrus, 5 Plus a Day.