Day 159 - ORZO - or, you know, that pasta that looks like maggots!

The little Diva and I spent a LOT of time looking out of windows today. It was POURING with rain and as the Little Diva so cutely put it, it was "water, wet" out there! We had a lovely visit with my mom and dad and aunt and uncle  this morning - the Little Diva had a blast and wasn't too difficult to get to sleep for her nap after all the morning's excitement. When she woke up we had lunch and then quickly braved the icky weather to grab a few ingredients to make a salad for tomorrow's get together.

I made a Mediterranean Orzo Salad and despite the fact that the pasta looks like maggots - ESPECIALLY when you spill some and they stick to the front of your oven and actually look like they're crawling up it - the salad tastes yummers. I can't wait to see what the flavour tastes like tomorrow when it's had some time to mingle. I found the recipe on the Canadian Living website.

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients

2 cups Orzo pasta
1/4 cup Lemon juice
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 tsp liquid honey
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 pinch dried oregano
1 diced red pepper
1 cup diced cucumber

3/4 cup crumbed cow's milk feta

1/3 cup chopped pitted Kalamata olives
1/3 cup chopped drained oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/4 cup diced red onion

What to do:
Prepare the pasta as directed on the packaging. Once cooked drain and rinse in cold water. Rinse again and set aside to cool.

Mix all of the other ingredients together and add the pasta. Stir well and store in the fridge for several hours before serving. Enjoy!!