Lemony Orzo Salad With Peas, Spinach and Feta Cheese
Lemony Orzo Salad With Peas, Spinach and Feta Cheese
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Total Time25 minutesmins
Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: American, European
Keyword: Lemony Orzo Salad With Peas, Spinach and Feta Cheese
Servings: 4people
Ingredients
2tbspbutter or vegan butter
150guncooked orzo pasta
500mlvegetable broth
250gfresh spinach leaves
1 lemonzested and juiced
3 cloves garlic
1bunch spring onions
100gfrozen peas
100gfeta cheesecrumbled
handfulfresh chopped parsleyor some chive
Instructions
In a shallow casserole pan, heat up the butter. Preferably, butter or vegan butter to use for creaminess and not olive oil.Chop up the spring onions into about half or one cm long pieces. Feel free to use up the entire onion for this. Will add taste and colour.Sautee the garlic and the spring onions for 5 minutes before adding the orzo. Stir around for half a minute, then add the veggie stock.Cook it just to the point where there is just a little stock liquid left, at which point you need to add the peas, fresh spinach leaves, lemon juice, lemon zest and herbs you use. Give it another 1-2 minutes till the frozen peas warm up (don't let them turn wrinkly and pale!) and it's ready.Crumble the feta cheese on the top of the dish evenly and serve immediately.