Lemon Orzo with Zucchini, Onion, and Parmesan

August 14, 2014  •  Pasta & Pizza

lemon orzo pasta with zucchini onion parmesan-1Simple pasta dishes are what I recommend for cooks who are beginning to experiment with cooking without a recipe. You can just add flavors together that seem like they meld, and it’s hard to go wrong. This dish, similar to Spaghetti Alla Nerano that you’ll find near the Amalfi Coast of Italy, seems to hit on many levels: fast, easy, creamy, flavorful, healthy, savory, satisfying, light, summery…I could go on and on, but I think you get the picture!lemon orzo pasta with zucchini onion parmesan 1-1It’s also a dish even beginners can make without a recipe. Simply julienne a small zucchini and half an onion, and while the orzo (2 ounces dry is a serving size) is cooking in boiling water, sauté the vegetables in a small amount of extra virgin olive oil and season with some salt and pepper. If they seem to be drying out, scoop out a bit of the pasta cooking water to add to them. Drain the orzo and stir it into the veggies along with some grated Parmesan cheese, more or less according to your taste. You can add a little more pasta cooking water if you’d like to make it a bit creamier, and cook everything together for another minute and then sit down and dig in. Cooking for more than one? Simply multiply the ingredients. Here’s to a bumper zucchini crop!

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  1. Sami says:

    Where’s the lemon?

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