4 Healthy Orzo Recipes 🍽️


Little pasta, big flavor 🍝 Orzo is one of my faaaavorite ingredients to cook with because it bakes beautifully into skillet meals and casseroles making it ideal for healthy meal prep recipes. These are 4 of my favorite meals made with orzo!


Fresh, simple dishes that make orzo the star of your weeknights.

One Skillet Orzo Chicken and Mushrooms

Combine chicken and mushrooms with broth, butter, orzo and simple seasonings for the perfect meal.

Chicken Orzo Bake

Just throw everything into a casserole dish, bake and stir for a flavorful dinner that the whole family will love.

This enameled casserole dish with lid is the perfect pan for all skillet meals!

Creamy Salmon and Orzo Skillet

Combine salmon fillets, orzo, peas and boursin cheese for the perfect one pan meal for an easy and delicious weeknight dinner.

One Pot Lemon Chicken Orzo

Saute cubed chicken with zesty lemon and tender orzo and finish cooking it all together in the oven.


Don’t just take my word for it! This is what one of my readers had to say about One Skillet Orzo Chicken and Mushrooms

This was such a simple, easy, and DELICIOUS recipe. I made this recipe on a weeknight and it was easy to prep, quick to cook, and even quicker to clean up. And the flavor was unbelievable. It leaves us with plenty of leftovers too!

Violette


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