{"id":17003,"date":"2013-09-03T11:15:46","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T15:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=17003"},"modified":"2016-07-14T16:10:11","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T20:10:11","slug":"tuscan-orzo-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/tuscan-orzo-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuscan Orzo Salad Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

No more mayonnaise-filled calorie bombs. It\u2019s time to re-invent pasta salad! This healthy orzo salad incorporates a medley of fresh, Tuscan-inspired ingredients, including arugula, tomatoes and Pecorino Romano cheese. And if orzo\u2019s not your thing, substitute your choice of nutrient-rich quinoa or barley. Add in some EVOO and roasted garlic, and you\u2019ve got yourself a flavorful, yet simple pasta salad.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Emily Miller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tuscan Orzo Salad Recipe<\/h3>\n

Serves 10<\/i><\/p>\n

[skinnybox]<\/p>\n

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/h3>\n

3 cups arugula
1-2 large tomatoes
1 box orzo pasta
2 cloves garlic
\u00bd cup of your best olive oil
\u00bd cup Pecorino Romano cheese
Salt and pepper, to taste<\/p>\n

Preparation<\/h3>\n
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  1. Preheat oven to 400 \u00b0 F.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. To roast the garlic, slice off the head so that all cloves are exposed. Drizzle olive oil on cloves. Wrap in aluminum foil and place in oven for 35 minutes.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Bring 4-6 quarts of water to a boil, and cook orzo according to package instructions. Let pasta cool completely.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Chop tomatoes and grate the cheese.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. When garlic is roasted and cooled, peel the cloves. Smash several of the cloves with a fork, leaving a few cloves whole.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. In a large bowl, mix cooled pasta with arugula, tomatoes, roasted garlic and cheese. Toss with olive oil, salt and pepper to taste.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For more recipes from Emily, check out\u00a0www.emsbytes.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Skip the mayo-loaded sides in favor of this healthy Italian-inspired orzo salad recipe. It\u2019s sure to be a hit at any barbecue or potluck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":17008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,27,9],"tags":[345,350,95],"class_list":["post-17003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gluten-free","category-healthy","category-recipes","tag-tax1conditions","tag-tax2type-2-diabetes","tag-vegetarian"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}