Orzo Salad - Or How to Eat for a Week

Yay for first post! This is one of the best recipes my mom has ever taught me: it takes no more than twenty minutes and will provide you lunch for about a week.

ORZO SALAD
1 12-ounce Box of Orzo
2-3 Red Peppers
12 Ounces of Crumbled Feta

Start by boiling a pot of water for the orzo - remember to add salt so it will boil faster! While your water is heating up, you can start cutting your red peppers. Chop these up first into strips and then into medium-sized squares. I really like the taste of the peppers, so I normally make the pieces pretty big :-)

When the water is boiling, add your orzo. Give it a good stir and then add a couple teaspoons of olive oil - this will help prevent the pasta from sticking to itself. The orzo should cook for about ten minutes, stirring occasionally to keep it from sticking to the bottom. While this is happening, take out a strainer with holes small enough that the orzo won't fall through. If you don't have one, you can be super ghetto and put a piece of heavy-duty aluminum foil over a bowl and strain it that way.

When the orzo is ready, strain it and rinse it with cold water. After it drains, return it to the pot. Add your chopped red pepper and feta and mix it all together. It's ready to eat! Store it in the fridge in a big tupperware bowl; you should have enough to have a small bowl every day for a week.

Enjoy! Yay for easy (and healthy) college food!