{"id":1031,"date":"2014-05-13T13:49:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T20:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2016-01-24T23:08:47","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T07:08:47","slug":"summer-orzo-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/summer-orzo-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Orzo Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been attending a Mom&#8217;s group at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.universitybiblechurch.com\/ubc3\/\" target=\"_blank\">University Bible Church<\/a>\u00a0and had the pleasure of getting\u00a0to know some really wonderful women who I am happy to call <a title=\"Aria\u2019s first birthday \/ My Village\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/arias-first-birthday-my-village\/\" target=\"_blank\">friends<\/a>. Besides the great conversation and discussions, we also bring food to share. As the moms trickle in, the food table slowly gets full. A loud cheer and a line forms when\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amyradford.com\/rf\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Radford<\/a>\u00a0brings in a dish she has become known for. I admit, I have gotten seconds and sometimes thirds of the <strong>summer orzo salad<\/strong>. After several requests, Amy emailed the recipe to the group. She originally got the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #222222;\">recipe from her sister who read about it from a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/chefs\/giada-de-laurentiis\/bio.html\" target=\"_blank\">Giada <\/a><span style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/chefs\/giada-de-laurentiis\/bio.html\" target=\"_blank\">De Laurentis<\/a> cookbook. Since then, she has\u00a0<\/span>modified it to her own taste. I made it last night. It&#8217;s easy, delicious, and will last for a few meals. It&#8217;s perfect for summer and great to bring to a potluck.<\/p>\n<h2>Summer Orzo Salad<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1032\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1032\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/summer-orzo-salad\/summerorzo_photo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SummerOrzo_photo.jpeg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1397037437&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SummerOrzo_photo\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;delicious summer orzo salad&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;photo by Amy Radford&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SummerOrzo_photo.jpeg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1032\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SummerOrzo_photo.jpeg?resize=580%2C435&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"summer orzo salad\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SummerOrzo_photo.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SummerOrzo_photo.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SummerOrzo_photo.jpeg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SummerOrzo_photo.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SummerOrzo_photo.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Amy Radford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>slightly modified from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/giada-de-laurentiis\/orzo-salad-recipe.html\" target=\"_blank\">Giada <span style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\">De Laurentis&#8217;<\/span>\u00a0Orzo Salad Recipe<\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">2 cups orzo pasta- cooked in chicken stock or vegetable stock (when pasta is done, strain it, spread it out &amp; cool on cookie sheet, mix in a little olive oil so it doesn&#8217;t stick together)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">1 can cannelini beans or small navy beans (rinsed &amp; drained)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">1\/2 cup \u00a0chopped fresh basil<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">1\/4 cup chopped fresh mint<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">2 cups cherry or grape tomatoes halved<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">1\/4 Red onion chopped<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">(If you like) *add fresh, mini mozzarella balls halved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*Once pasta is cooled to your liking &#8211; mix all ingredients in large bowl<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dressing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mix dressing in separate bowl and taste it before you add it to the pasta:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">1\/2 cup olive oil<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">1\/4 cup red wine vinegar<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Juice from 1 lemon &amp;\/or lime<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Salt &amp; pepper to taste<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">1 tsp honey (more if too vinegary)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This dish\u00a0can be prepared the morning of an event (without dressing). Keep it fresh in the refrigerator and put dressing on before serving. Also great the next day!<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p2\">Amy Radford is a brand ambassador for Rodan + Fields. Check out the following links:<\/h4>\n<p class=\"p2\">Product: <a href=\"http:\/\/amyradford.myrandf.com\/\"><span class=\"s2\">amyradford.myrandf.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">More info: <a href=\"http:\/\/amyradford.com\/rf\"><span class=\"s2\">amyradford.com\/rf<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been attending a Mom&#8217;s group at University Bible Church\u00a0and had the pleasure of getting\u00a0to know some really wonderful women who I am happy to call friends. Besides the great conversation and discussions, we also bring food to share. As the moms trickle in, the food table slowly gets full. A loud cheer and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[906],"tags":[114,224,225,215],"class_list":["post-1031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-announcements","tag-food-2","tag-recipe","tag-salad","tag-summer","eq-blocks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SummerOrzo_photo.jpeg?fit=2048%2C1536&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p46LgQ-gD","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1943,"url":"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/westwood-moms-group\/","url_meta":{"origin":1031,"position":0},"title":"Westwood Mom&#8217;s Group","author":"westsidemommy","date":"September 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The new \"semester\" is starting up again for a mom's group I attend. 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