Orzo and Arugula Salad
This Orzo Salad is a great and refreshing summer recipe and it is one of my favorite salads for entertaining.
This recipe stems from an Orzo Salad by Giada De Laurentiis.
Ingredients
1 pound orzo pasta
3 lemons
Salt
1 ½ cup dried cranberries
1 cup fresh basil
1 ½ cup pine nuts
½ teaspoon black pepper
4 oz baby arugula
2/3 cups olive oil
2 cups feta cheese
Directions
1. Bring a large saucepan of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the orzo and cook until tender, but still firm to the bite. Drain the pasta and set aside to cool.
2. Place the arugula, basil, pine nuts, and cranberries in a large salad bowl, mix well and then add the orzo.
3. Mix together the lemon juice and olive oil in a small bowl. Pour the mixture over the salad and mix well.
4. Add the feta cheese and toss together, using 2 forks until well mixed. Keep in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
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Hi Erica,
Thanks for joining me and sharing! Warm Welcome!
You have a great blog as well!
This looks amazing.
YUmm! This looks so easy and healthy:) Good for my growing waist line
I like this salad, the cranberries and feta must be a delicious contrast!
Erica, what a gorgeous salad. Your recipes are top notch and you’re a talented photographer as well.
Thanks for stopping by my kitchen and following along. I really appreciate it. It also gave me the opportunity to you and find your lovely blog.
Sam
Yaa this is going to be my lunch sometimes this week. i do not have pine nuts but will substitute. I like eating orzo a lot.
Thank you all so much for your comments!
This looks so good! I have a lot of spinach in my garden, I think I’ll use it instead of the arugula
so simple and tasty love it
Thank you for following me! I’ve made the Giada version of this recipe before and it’s most excellent to play with. Your photos are gorgeous and I’m glad I found you.
Lovely orzo salad – love the arugula and feta here!
Perfect for the season.Yummy and Healthy!!It’s so colorful…
Wow, I really like your recipes. I cook a lot of Cuban, Puerto Rican, Italian, and American Southern, so this is new to me and I would really like to try some of the dishes. Thanks for following me.
vat a simple and healthy salad. just beyond impressive!! sure gonna give a try
cheers!!
Orzo is my favorite pasta for pasta salads, yours looks very summerly and yummy.
Hi Erica,
Jim is making this tonight. Suzy and the boys are coming over for dinner. I can’t wait to eat this delicious salad!!!! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Trish
Hi Erika, I wish the fans that write comments on you recipes, do so AFTER they have actually tried them. “Looks delicious”….” sounds delicious”…. “I will ke it soon”…. does not actually tell the story. I DID, however, put this dish together… and It WAS great!!!. So are a number of others I have ACTUALLY cooked and enjoyed; I will always look for more. So fans….. get cooking and tell us about it.
belgil
I made this salad and it was perfect and delicious. I followed all the steps.
I recently had an orzo salad at an Au Bon Pain while visiting Nashville, TN. It was SO good I went back later that day to buy more. I couldn’t wait to get home and [try to] make MORE of it. If I hadn’t been in public I would’ve licked the bowl. Alas, their website menu does not include this dish. Yours, however, seems to include everything I remember. THANK YOU for posting this! I can’t wait to try it out.
Hi Erica,
I plan on making your salad this weekend, can’t wait! Sorry if I missed it but- about how many servings do you get from these measurements? Thanks!!