Tomatoes Stuffed with Orzo-Feta Salad
The beauty of this dish is its simplicity. The key is to use the best tomatoes you can find.
Yield: 4 servings
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 273
- Calories from fat: 26%
- Fat: 7.8g
- Saturated fat: 2.8g
- Monounsaturated fat: 3.4g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.9g
- Protein: 9.6g
- Carbohydrate: 42.9g
- Fiber: 4.3g
- Cholesterol: 13mg
- Iron: 3.6mg
- Sodium: 331mg
- Calcium: 115mg
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked orzo (about 1 cup uncooked rice-shaped pasta)
- 1 1/2 cups diced cucumber
- 1 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1/2 cup (2 ounces) crumbled feta cheese
- 1/4 cup diced red onion
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 4 large tomatoes
Preparation
- Combine first 11 ingredients in a large bowl. Remove cores from tomatoes. Cut each tomato into 8 wedges, cutting to, but not through, the other end. Place 1 tomato on each of 4 plates; top with 1 1/4 cups orzo mixture.
Tomatoes Stuffed with Orzo-Feta Salad Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Salads
- CONVENIENCE: Make-Ahead
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Pasta
- OCCASION: Spring, Summer, Mother's Day
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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