This is a nice pasta salad for your next summer picnic and it has a bit of kick!

Ingredients

1 pound green beans, ends trimmed
2 tablespoons butter
1 small onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons lemon juice
¼ teaspoon salt (or to taste)
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper (or to taste)
¼ cup Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
lemon, wedged or sliced (for serving)

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Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

1 cups long grain rice (uncooked)
3 Tbsp olive oil
1/2 medium yellow onion, chopped (just over 1 cup chopped onions)
1 garlic clove, minced
1/4 cup orzo pasta
1 lemons, juice of (PLUS zest)
2 cups low sodium broth (chicken or vegetable broth will work)
Pinch...

Yield: 2 cups sauce

Ingredients

1 large English cucumber - grated with skin on 2 tsp kosher salt
1 Tbsp fresh dill, chopped
1 Tbsp lemon juice
3 cloves minced garlic
2 cups plain Greek yogurt
TT salt & pepper

Directions

  1. Grate the cucumber. Toss with kosher salt. Transfer to a fine...

Yield: 4 servings as a main, 8 servings as a side dish.

Ingredients

4 medium juicy tomatoes cut into wedges
1 cucumber, partially peeled and cut into large dices
1 green bell pepper, cored and cut into 1/4 inch pieces
1 medium red onion, thinly sliced
Greek pitted kalamata olives
dash of sa...