Chickpea Orzo Salad

"A wonderful Greek inspired salad. Makes a great lunch meal, very filling and healthy too. Found this at a vegan web site and changed to my tastes."
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
15
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a saucepan, place the pasta in boiling water and cook for 9 to 11 minutes, until al dente.
  • Drain and cool under cold running water.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together the oil, vinegar, mustard, mint, and seasonings, forming a vinaigrette.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine the orzo, tomatoes, scallions, cucumber, garlic and olives.
  • Blend in the vinaigrette, feta, and if desired, chickpeas (Also good with black beans).
  • Chill for 1 hour before serving.
  • Place over a bed of lettuce.

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Reviews

  1. I tried this with trepidation to be honest but it turned out to be very nice indeed. I did omit the cucumber as I deeply dislike them. The feta and mint simply made the dish. I had left over and used it to stuff a pita for lunch the next day. Yummy!!!
     
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