Greek Orzo Salad – Mad Monday

Winter sure is setting in ‘down-under’!  🙁  I want to believe that it won’t get much colder but in a couple of weeks we are moving from Sydney to Melbourne!  What were we thinking?!   Being an international food blog I do like to recognise my likers in the Northern Hemisphere so this recipe is especially for you guys in the middle of your summer!   🙂    BUT I think that this thermomix greek orzo salad is a perfect accompaniment to any protein.  Over the last couple of weeks Steve and I have enjoyed this salad with leftover Herbie the “roast” chook for lunch while the kids have taken it for lunch too.  So it’s a lovely side dish all year round!  🙂

The flavours are bold but with the cucumber and the tomatoes it’s the perfect balance.  The addition of the olives adds a beautiful salty flavour.

This is a great salad when you just want a light dinner or lunch and within the time it takes to grill some protein you have a perfect accompaniment and you don’t have heaps of washing up!  😀

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Greek Orzo Salad - ThermoFun

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Ingredients

• 1 batch ThermoFun Greek Dressing
• 220g orzo / risoni pasta
• 1200g boiling water from kettle
• 8 cherry tomatoes, cut in half or quarters
• 1 medium cucumber, diced
• 1 small red capsicum, diced
• 2 spring onions, finely sliced
• 15 kalamata olives, pitted and cut in half
• ½ bunch parsley, leaves only, roughly chopped

Instructions

1. Make Greek Dressing and set aside.
2. Place risoni and boiling water into TM bowl and cook 8 mins / 100°C / speed 4 / Reverse / MC off.
3. Strain risoni then run under cold water tap. Drain well and pour into a salad bowl.
4. Add remaining ingredients to salad bowl and mix well.

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