Summer Vegetable Orzo Salad with a Lemon Garlic Dressing
 
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Recipe type: Main
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • ½ lb orzo pasta
  • ½ lb green beans
  • 2 red peppers
  • 2 ears sweet corn
  • ⅛ cup chives
  • Optional: hard boil eggs
Lemon Dressing
  • ⅓ cup olive oil
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 teaspoon agave nectar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
Instructions
  1. Cook pasta per package instructions.
  2. Steam or boil the ears of corn and the green beans for 5-8 minutes, until tender.
  3. Dice the red pepper, green beans, and strip the corn off the ear. Chop chives. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
  4. Juice the lemon and grate the garlic clove for the dressing. Combine the ingredients for the dressing and whisk until combined. Pour the dressing over the pasta salad and toss until combined.
  5. If desired as a lunch or easy dinner, top each salad with a sliced hard boiled egg.
Notes
This recipe serves 6 as a meal with hard boiled eggs, and 8-10 as a side dish. Make additional dressing for leftovers as the pasta will absorb the dressing in the fridge.
Recipe by Uproot Kitchen at https://uprootkitchen.com/2014/07/23/summer-vegetable-orzo-salad/