Shrimp Orzo Salad

Shrimp Orzo Salad

This week is the perfect time to make a huge orzo pasta salad loaded with veggies and shrimp. You just pop it in the fridge and the family can pick on it all week! Add whatever veggies you love. I also like to add fresh cheeses, toasted pine nuts, tomatoes and basil. You can really play around with this recipe and create many variations! Shrimp orzo salad will quickly become a family favorite!

Shrimp Orzo Salad

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Ingredients

  

Shrimp

• 1 pound large shrimp peeled/deveined
• olive oil salt/pepper

Roasted Veggies

• chopped broccoli 2 heads
• 1 bag Brussel sprouts trimmed
• 1 red onion cut
• 3 cobs corn
• 3 pats butter
• olive oil
• salt/pepper

Orzo

• 1 pound orzo cooked/drained
• ⅓ c. olive oil
• ⅓ c. freshly squeezed lemon juice
• salt/pepper

Instructions

 

Shrimp

• Grill the shrimp with oil, salt/pepper

Roasted Veggies

• Lay veggies on a cookie sheet lined with nonstick foil.
• Place pats of butter on corn and salt/pepper them.
• Toss rest of veggies generously with oilive oil, s/p and spread on pan.
• Roast at 425 for 20-25 mins.
• Cut corn off the cobs.

Orzo

• Combine lemon juice, oil, salt/pepper to taste and pour over the warm orzo.
• Add all the veggies and shrimp!
• Mmmmm!