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Orzo Salad with Corn

Written by Published on Updated on May 31, 2019 in Uncategorized

I hope everyone is having a lovely Sunday, enjoying the beach, pool or just having coffee, lunch, dinner or drinks with friends or family.  It is very quiet in our area because everyone is still on vacation here and the only thing you hear are birds chirping, ducks quacking and butterflies flying around looking beautiful. Charlie is back running around in the garden just having fun, the weather has finally become cooler so this is just perfect. 🙂

A couple of months ago I posted a delicious Orzo Salad with Peas, so this time around I added Corn!!! This recipe has been going around for a while now, and I needed to try it out and see for myself how good it is. 🙂  I tweaked it by adding Olive oil and a bit of Red Pepper flakes,  and I also drained the Vegetable Broth instead of having the Orzo soak it all up. 

This is the last of the Orzo that my mom brought up when she was visiting  last December, so hopefully I will be able to pickup some when I am back in Greece for a few days.  You can use any small pasta that you wish instead of Orzo but believe me the Orzo does make the difference in the dish. 🙂

ORZO SALAD WITH CORN

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Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Orzo
  • 1 litre of Vegetable Broth/Chicken Broth
  • 1 large Onion chopped
  • 2 cups Corn
  • 1/4 cup of Dry White Wine
  • 4 tablespoons of Olive Oil
  • Red Pepper Flakes pinch
  • Salt

Instructions
 

  • Chop or dice Onion…(I prefer bigger pieces of Onion)
  • Orzo or any small pasta of your choice.
  • In a large pot add in the olive oil and onion, sauté.
  • In the meantime start preparing the Vegetable Broth so it is ready to use. If you don’t have Veggies to make your own, store bought is just as good or if you wish you can use Chicken Broth instead 🙂
  • Once the onion is ready add in the Orzo and stir continuously,
  • Add in the wine and the rest of the ingredients, except for the corn. Now, if you want to eat this hot and not as a salad add a bit more then just a pinch of Red Peppers Flakes. ( If you are not into Red Peppers Flakes then you can omit this ingredient completely)
  • Boil the Vegetable Broth along with the Orzo on low heat for 1/2 hour, this should be enough time for the Orzo to soften up, if not then boil for a bit more until Orzo is soft. Add in the corn and boil for another 15 minutes. Drain excess Vegetable Broth 🙂
  • Top with Parmesan Cheese and fresh Scallions and serve hot or cold

 

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

24 Comments

  1. Sia Billion
    August 12, 2018 at 3:10 pm  ·  Reply

    I love your post .. have a great day

  2. mistimaan
    August 12, 2018 at 4:46 pm  ·  Reply

    Nice recipe

  3. MANSOOR
    August 12, 2018 at 7:19 pm  ·  Reply

    wow so healthy food, thank you for sharing

  4. PlantsandBeyond
    August 12, 2018 at 8:57 pm  ·  Reply

    Yummy – such a great idea , Sophie 🌷

  5. dtills
    August 13, 2018 at 12:25 am  ·  Reply

    I love anything with orzo!! and ya, Rafa!! The US open will be next month 🤩

    • foodzesty
      August 15, 2018 at 12:27 pm  ·  Reply

      If your going I would like RAFAS AUTOGRAPH hahahhahah just kidding you need to keep an eye out for Stefanos Tsitsipas…..the greek tennis player he reminds me a lott!!!! of Rafa

  6. kasiawrites
    August 13, 2018 at 4:53 am  ·  Reply

    Looks great! I don’t think I’ve ever had orzo. 🤔 At least I don’t recall

  7. Diana Tyler (Eccentric Muse)
    August 15, 2018 at 2:49 pm  ·  Reply

    I’m yet to try orzo.

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