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Orzo Pasta Salad with Tahini Dressing

Orzo Pasta Salad with Tahini Dressing- A Middle Eastern inspired pasta salad that has a great Tahini Dressing that shines with bright, fresh flavors.

 

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In honor of the new upcoming live-action Aladdin movie, by Disney. I’m dedicating the week for recipes that are inspired by the movie. Have a picnic on your magic carpet. 

So, I think that Florida is going to melt off the rest of the United States and sink into the Atlantic. It’s just so hot here now. SO HOT!!!!!

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Grilled Pork Tenderloin with a Summery Peach and Berry Salad

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Grilled Pork Tenderloin with a Summery Peach and Berry Salad is a wonderful way to have a flavorful dinner while keeping things light on a hot summer night.

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We have just 2 more weeks left of school!!! I’m so excited about having some summer fun!

I’m hoping we get to enjoy going to Disney, plenty of trips to the beach, the library for story-time, lots of afternoons hanging out at the pool. It is going to be a jam packed fun summer. We need to load in the fun before Autumn starts Kindergarten.

What do you have planned?

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The BEST you’ll ever have… My Signature Macaroni Salad

My Signature Macaroni Salad is the BEST macaroni salad EVER. It’s going to be the side dish that everyone loves at your BBQ.

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I wish that macaroni salad was a food group.

And, of course, you’d get to have 4-6 servings to meet your daily servings requirements.

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Pure Summer: Watermelon, Tomato, Feta Salad

I love when things just come together perfectly. Like mac and cheese or milk and cookies. Well this is a simple summer recipe that does just that.

I get giddy when my magazines arrive in the mail. I don’t get many so when they come it really makes my day. I go through them end to end and then I go through again with tiny post it’s. In my most recent arrival from Bon Appetit I flagged a Watermelon-Tomato Salad with Crumbled Feta Cheese and Green Onion-Lemon Dressing. It was simple and I new it would make for a great side dish to compliment the hot and humid days we have been having up here. And last week, when my friends Natalie and Jason came over for grilled quesadilas I knew I had to make this salad. Glad they agreed to the idea. 🙂

 

I used the recipe in the magazine as the structure to the salad but I did my usual modifications to make it ‘my own’. Horatiki is one of my favorite things, ever. So I had to make spin this recipe to it would a touch like horatiki. I added some red onion and diced seedlss cucumbers to amp of the flavor, while going along with the texture of the salad. One of the biggest things about Feta is that I really think you should only buy blocks of it. Crumbled feta seems to be too crumbled for my taste. Plus I really think that feta that has been stored in a brine is much more flavorful. So, getting to the point, go out get some fresh ingredients and enjoy!

Watermelon, Tomato and Feta Salad

Serves 6-8

Ingredients

  • 4 ounce block of feta
  • 1 pound of watermelon, cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 1 pound of tomatoes, cut into 1-inch cubes or halve grape tomatoes
  • 1 seedless cucumber, diced into 1/2-inch cubes
  • Sliced red onion, amount desired

Salad Dressing

  • Juice of 1/2 a lemon
  • Juice of 1/2 a lime
  • 1 cup of extra-virgin olive oil
  • Salt and pepper

Process

  1. Combine all prepared fruits and vegetables in a large bowl.
  2. Prepare dressing, season with salt and pepper to taste.
  3. Combine dressing with the fruit and vegetables, toss gently.
  4. Crumble the feta over salad.

Inspired by Bon Appetit

*All photo credits go to my friendJason*

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