Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Lemony Orzo

I told Laura that I would post this one. Some of you have seen it before, but it's a good one! Plus it uses herbs!

Ingredients
1 cup uncooked orzo (rice-shaped pasta)
1 1/3 cups diced zucchini
1/3 cup diced red onion
1/3 cup minced fresh parsley
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon minced fresh or 1 teaspoon dried basil
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 teaspoons minced fresh mint
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup diced tomato
1/3 cup (1 1/2 ounces) crumbled feta cheese

Preparation:
Cook orzo according to package directions, omitting salt. Drain well. Combine orzo, zucchini, and onion in a large bowl; toss well. Combine parsley and next 6 ingredients (parsley through pepper); stir well with a whisk. Stir into orzo mixture; add tomato and cheese, tossing gently to coat.
Yield-6 servings (serving size: 3/4 cup)

Nutritional Information
CALORIES 199(22% from fat); FAT 4.8g (sat 1.5g,mono 2.3g,poly 0.6g); IRON 2.1mg; CHOLESTEROL 6mg; CALCIUM 58mg; CARBOHYDRATE 32.7g; SODIUM 307mg; PROTEIN 6.7g; FIBER 1.8g

1 comment:

Gilbert Family said...

Thank you, Thank you! I am so excited to try this one. I don't think you can go wrong with lemon and pasta together...DELICIOUS!