Veggie Orzo Primavera

Submitted by layneysunflower

"Vegetarian dish. Found this in a celebrity cookbook - Pierce Brosnan submitted it, and I tweaked it just a little bit to suit the dietary needs of the people I was cooking for."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 3 carrots, peeled
• 1 large zucchini
• 2 summer squash
• 473.18 ml mushrooms
• 59.14 ml olive oil
• 14.79 ml dried Italian herb seasoning
• 9.85 ml kosher salt
• 9.85 ml ground black pepper
• 453.59 g orzo pasta
• 20 cherry tomatoes, halved
• 177.44 ml shredded parmesan cheese

directions

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Cut carrots, zucchini and squash into two-inch strips.
3. Toss on large foil-lined baking pan with oil, onion, salt, and pepper to coat, then transfer half to another baking sheet.
4. Arrange vegetables in a single layer on each pan.
5. Bake 20 minutes, stirring after first 10 minutes.
6. Cook pasta in boiling water about 9 minutes, drain and reserve 1 cup of cooking liquid.
7. Toss pasta in large bowl with cooked vegetables.
8. Add cherry tomatoes and enough cooking liquid (¼ cup at a time) to moisten.
9. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and serve.

Reviews

[katia]

Loved it! I also added bell peppers to the vegetables and I think next time I'll add a clove og garlic. This time I skipped the cheese but next time I'll surely add some. Its a lovely way to have the veggies! A keeper, thanks for posting! Made it for PAC Spring 2008.