Mediterranean Orzo Pasta Salad! #shorts #pastasalad

Mediterranean Orzo Pasta Salad Recipe: This pasta salad recipe is made with orzo, fresh vegetables like cucumbers and tomatoes, herbs and a homemade Greek salad dressing. Make this pasta salad ahead of time for cookouts, BBQs and more. It’s the perfect side dish all summer long! #pastasaladrecipe #pastasalad #salad #saladrecipe

Plus this Mediterranean pasta salad recipe is a Mediterranean diet recipe!

INGREDIENTS:
▢1 1/2 cups orzo
▢1 pint grape or cherry tomatoes, halved
▢2 green onions, trimmed and chopped (both white and green parts)
▢1 small green bell pepper, chopped
▢1 English cucumber
▢1 packed cup chopped parsley
▢1/2 packed cup chopped fresh dill
▢1/4 cup pitted Kalamata olives, sliced
▢2 teaspoons capers
▢Feta cheese (optional), for garnish
For the Dressing
▢1 lemon, zested and juiced
▢1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
▢1 garlic clove, minced
▢1 teaspoon dried oregano
▢Kosher salt
▢Black pepper

Maybe you feel this way too, but I find most pasta salads boring. Too much pasta, not enough veggies, mushy, drowning in mayo. This one, it’s fresh, crunchy, herby, tossed in a lemony olive oil dressing. It actually gets better as it sits. Bring my Mediterranean or pasta salad and be the cookout hero. I guarantee it.