Green Bean Orzo Pasta Recipes

HEALTHY PESTO PASTA WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• BOIL ORZO AND GREEN BEANS: In a medium pot, bring water with a tablespoon of salt to a boil. Add orzo and boil for 5 minutes. Add green beans. Continue boiling for about 5 more minutes until orzo is soft and beans are tender, but both should still have a bit of 'bite' (al dente). Drain well, then add back to pot.
• FINISH THE DISH: Add chopped spinach to orzo in pot and toss well until slightly wilted. Add tomatoes, pesto and enough oil to achieve the consistency you like. Season with salt and pepper to taste. And mix in a squeeze of lemon or lime juice if you like. Transfer to a serving bowl. Garnish with goat cheese and/or Parmesan cheese. Serve immediately or at room temperature.

ORZO WITH FETA, GREEN BEANS, AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Fill a 4-quart kettle three fourths full with salted water and bring to a boil for beans and orzo.
• Chop onion and mince garlic. Quarter and seed tomatoes. Cut quarters lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Trim beans and cut into 1-inch pieces. In a large skillet cook onion and garlic in oil over moderate heat until onion is softened. Add tomatoes and cook, stirring, until tomatoes are softened, about 2 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.
• Have ready a bowl of ice and cold water. In boiling salted water blanch beans 1 minute. With a slotted spoon transfer beans to ice water to stop cooking. Drain beans well in a colander and pat dry. Add beans to tomato mixture and return water in kettle to a boil. Boil orzo until al dente and drain in colander. Add orzo to bean mixture with vinegar, parsley, feta, and salt and pepper to taste, tossing to combine well.

ORZO WITH FETA, GREEN BEANS, AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Fill a 4-quart pot three fourths full with salted water and bring to a boil for beans and orzo.
• Chop onion and mince garlic.
• Quarter and seed tomatoes.
• Cut quarters lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
• Trim beans and cut into 1-inch pieces.
• In a large skillet cook onion and garlic in oil over moderate heat until onion is softened.
• Add tomatoes and cook, stirring, until tomatoes are softened, about 2 minutes.
• Remove skillet from heat.
• Have ready a bowl of ice and cold water.
• In boiling salted water blanch beans 1 minute.
• With a slotted spoon transfer beans to ice water to stop cooking.
• Drain beans well in a colander and pat dry.
• Add beans to tomato mixture and return water in pot to a boil.
• Boil orzo until al dente and drain in colander.
• Add orzo to bean mixture with vinegar, parsley, feta, and salt and pepper to taste, tossing to combine well.