Orzo with Green Beans

This is a simple meal that the vegetarians out there will love. It is filling, cheap and quick to the table.

This recipe is from Everyday Food and serves 4.

* Coarse salt and ground pepper
* 1 cup orzo
* 8 ounces green beans, cut into 1-inch lengths
* 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
* 1 tablespoon olive oil

Directions

1. In a medium saucepan of boiling salted water, cook orzo 4 minutes. Add green beans; continue cooking until beans are tender and orzo is al dente, 5 to 6 minutes more.
2. Drain orzo, and return to saucepan. Mix in lemon juice and oil. Season with coarse salt and ground pepper.


This is listed as a side dish, but I ate it as my Dinner. Start boiling some water and lets get our ingredients together.




You need just a few ingredients, green beans, lemon, orzo and some olive oil. I love Orzo so much, and I hope you give it a try if you haven't had it already.




Trim the ends off the green beans and cut them into bite sized pieces.




Get your orzo in the boiling water. After it cooks for 4-5 minutes toss in the green beans for another 5 minutes.




Juice up the lemon.




When the orzo and beans are cooked get them out of the pan and drained. In the same pan, heat up the Olive Oil and if you are like me, toss a little butter in the pan.




When it is melted get the orzo and beans back in the pan and add the lemon juice. Get it all incorporated and you are ready to eat!




This quick vegetarian meal is perfect for a Spring afternoon! I hope the weather is getting nicer where you are, it is gorgeous here in Arizona.

Maple Roast Chicken with Purple Yams

I have been experimenting with some new ingredients recently as I have access to a lot of different markets around my neighborhood. You can make the following with regular yams, but I found some purple yams and gave them a try.




Preheat your oven to 400 degrees and lets get going!




This is pretty simple and has very little prep.




I peeled the yams, this is the first time I have seen these purple yams and thought they were so cute.




Chop them up. Chop your onion as well, mine were already diced up in the fridge.




Toss the yam and onions with the oil, thyme, salt and pepper. Get it into a greased casserole dish or pan.




Pat dry your chicken and season it with salt and pepper.




Put the chicken amongst the veggies and drizzle the maple syrup over it. Pop it in the oven for about an hour.




Use a thermometer to be sure the chicken is done and you are ready to eat!




The star for me were definitely the cute purple yams. I adore sweet and savory foods together so this was perfect for me, and since I eat alone I don't have to please anyone else!

Teriyaki Scallops

I love scallops and this recipe could not be easier. If you come home this week and just feel like zapping something in the microwave for dinner, give this a try, it is quick and take very minimal effort.




Preheat your broiler and lets get cooking.




I told you this is easy. You need some scallops, soy sauce, mirin (a sweet rice wine), Sherry and some sugar.




Get those combined in a bowl. I used another of my cute Pyrex finds.




Send the scallops in for a little soak for about 10 minutes.




Spread the scallops on a baking sheet and get them in your broiler for about 5 minutes.




Give them a flip, brush them with some more of the marinade and let them cook for about 5 minutes more.




Grab them from the broiler and you are ready to eat! I served this with some rice but you can make some asparagus like the recipe above calls for. Either way, you have a delicious seafood dish ready to go with little to no effort.




Enjoy!