Orzo pasta salad is simply one of my favorite summer side dish recipes. The orzo soaks up the flavors of the lemon dressing ...

It makes a very good building block for pasta salads. I found this recipe for a Greek-flavoured orzo salad that would also be good to serve warm as a base or side dish for barbecued lamb.

Orzo is a rice-shaped pasta, perfect for use in salads as it takes on all the flavours that are added to it. Orzo is grea tfor extending salads, especially if you are cooking for a large crowd ...