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This tasty Grilled Vegetable Salad with Feta has all of the flavors of summer time in a tasty meatless salad mixture. Make it with complete wheat orzo, or use cauliflower rice for a low-carb model of this tasty salad.
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I believe Grilled Greens are among the finest issues about summer time, so it’s no shock that this Grilled Vegetable Salad with Feta could be one thing I’d need to make all summer time lengthy. And this salad is a tasty facet dish any time you’re cooking on the grill.
I did love the salad with complete wheat orzo, which is what I used after I first created this recipe. However the orzo provides fairly a number of carbs, and I’d love this salad simply as a lot with shortly stir-fried cauliflower rice changing the orzo, so take your alternative on that! And making this salad with cauliflower rice would make it low in carbs and gluten-free!
You possibly can additionally make one thing like my Grilled Zucchini Greek Salad in the event you’d like a grilled vegetable salad with none pasta or cauliflower rice. However irrespective of which a kind of concepts appeals to you, I hope you set grilled greens added to a salad in your menu quickly!
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What greens did we use for the Grilled Vegetable Salad?
For the grilled veggies on this salad we used zucchini and purple bell pepper, however you possibly can additionally use eggplant, purple onion, white onion, mushrooms, or asparagus for choices right here.
What’s Orzo?
If you happen to’re not accustomed to orzo, it’s a tiny pasta formed just like rice however barely larger. It’s usually utilized in soups and pilafs, nevertheless it’s additionally an ideal pasta salad ingredient as a result of it lets the pasta take a supporting function and places the highlight on the opposite elements.
Wish to make Grilled Vegetable Salad salad low-carb or gluten-free?
Orzo is made with wheat and isn’t low in carbs, however if you would like a low-carb and gluten-free model of this tasty grilled vegetable salad, simply make a few of my Finest Straightforward Cauliflower Rice and use that as a substitute of the orzo.
How you can make Grilled Vegetable Salad with Feta:
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- Prepare dinner the orzo till it’s barely al dente (observe package deal instructions for cooking time) after which drain and let cool. (Or make Finest Straightforward Cauliflower Rice if you would like a gluten-free or lower-carb model.)
- Lower the zucchini and purple bell peppers into fourths and brush with olive oil and Italian seasoning.
- Grill the greens on excessive till they’re cooked, however nonetheless barely crisp, about 10-Quarter-hour. Let greens cool for a couple of minutes.
- Whereas veggies cool, slice inexperienced onions and chop herbs. (I used a mix or oregano and basil and used a superb quantity of contemporary herbs.)
- Whisk collectively olive oil, purple wine vinegar, Dijon, and dried oregano to make the dressing.
- When greens are cool, you need to be capable to pull the skins proper off the purple bell peppers (or depart them on in the event you choose.) Lower peppers and zucchini into bite-sized items.
- Put the zucchini and peppers right into a bowl giant sufficient to carry all of the salad, add about 1/3 of the dressing, and stir so greens are coated with dressing.
- Let the greens marinate within the dressing whilst you slice the olives in half and crumble the Feta.
- Stir within the orzo (or cauliflower rice), inexperienced onions, and herbs and add simply sufficient dressing to moisten the salad.
- Then gently stir within the olives and crumbled feta.
- Season salad to style with salt and contemporary floor black pepper and serve room temperature or barely chilled.
Extra Concepts with Grilled Greens:
Take a look at Low-Carb and Keto Grilled Greens or Low-Carb and Keto Grilled Zucchini Recipes for heaps extra tasty concepts utilizing greens cooked on the grill!
Weekend Meals Prep:
This recipe has been added to a brand new class known as Weekend Meals Prep that will help you discover recipes you possibly can prep or prepare dinner on the weekend and eat through the week!
Components
- 1 cup complete wheat orzo, cooked in keeping with package deal instructions (see notes)
- 2 small zucchini
- 1 giant purple bell pepper
- olive oil, for brushing greens
- 1 tsp. Italian seasoning or different dried herb seasoning
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced inexperienced onions
- 2 T chopped contemporary basil (see notes)
- 2 T chopped contemporary oregano (see notes)
- 1 can black olives, drained and minimize in half (6 oz. drained)
- 1/2 cup Feta cheese, crumbled
Dressing Components:
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 T purple wine vinegar
- 1 T Dijon mustard
- 1/2 tsp. dried oregano
Directions
- Preheat grill to excessive.
- Prepare dinner orzo in keeping with package deal instructions, being cautious to not overcook. Drain and let cool whilst you prep different elements. Or make Finest Straightforward Cauliflower Rice to switch the orzo for a low-carb possibility, see notes.
- Lower the zucchini and purple bell pepper lengthwise into fourths and take away seeds and stem from pepper. Brush the greens on either side with olive oil and sprinkle with dried herb combine.
- Flip the grill right down to medium-high, then grill greens till they’re cooked, however nonetheless barely crisp, about 10-Quarter-hour. I turned them a number of occasions so I had grill marks on all the perimeters. Take away greens and allow them to cool.
- Thinly slice inexperienced onions and chop contemporary herbs.
- Whisk collectively the olive oil, purple wine vinegar, Dijon, and dried oregano to make the dressing.
- When greens are cool sufficient to deal with simply, pull the skins off purple peppers. (They need to come off pretty simply, however no worries in the event you choose to go away them on.)
- Lower the zucchini and pepper into bite-sized items and put right into a plastic bowl giant sufficient to carry all of the salad elements.
- Add about 1/3 of dressing and stir so all of the vegetable items are coated with dressing.
- Let the greens marinate whilst you drain olives, minimize them into half, and crumble the feta.
- Add the cooked orzo (or cauliflower rice), inexperienced onions, and herbs to the greens and add sufficient dressing to moisten all elements. (Chances are you’ll not want all of the dressing.)
- Gently stir within the olives and crumbled feta.
- Serve at room temperature or barely chilled.
- This salad will keep good within the fridge for a number of days, however provided that you’re in a position to cease consuming it!
Notes
Simply exchange the orzo with Finest Straightforward Cauliflower Rice if you would like fewer carbs.
You should utilize 4 T of any chopped contemporary herbs of your alternative reminiscent of parsley, mint, thyme, or chives.
Tailored from a recipe by Pamela Anderson for Positive Cooking.
Diet Info:
Yield:
6
Serving Measurement:
1
Quantity Per Serving:
Energy: 291Whole Fats: 13gSaturated Fats: 3.3gTrans Fats: 0gUnsaturated Fats: 8.9gLdl cholesterol: 11mgSodium: 192mgCarbohydrates: 37gFiber: 5.7gSugar: 3gProtein: 9.7g
Diet data is mechanically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I’m utilizing. I’m not a nutritionist and can’t assure 100% accuracy, since many variables have an effect on these calculations.
Low-Carb Weight-reduction plan / Low-Glycemic Weight-reduction plan / South Seashore Weight-reduction plan Recommendations:
This Grilled Vegetable Salad with Feta and Orzo might be appropriate for section 2 or 3 of the unique South Seashore Weight-reduction plan in the event you use complete wheat orzo and a small quantity of pasta in proportion to the opposite elements. For low-carb diets, the model with cauliflower rice could be nice.
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Historic Notes for this Recipe:
This grilled vegetable salad was first posted in 2011. It was up to date with extra data and the choice to make the salad decrease in carbs in 2021 and final up to date with extra data in 2023.
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