A great option for a sweet and savory meal that is completely vegetarian and meat-free, this Sticky Butternut Wedges with Mediterranean Orzo Salad dish is a new and exciting way to do vegetarian meals with vegetables and salads. If you are a fan of Mediterranean or Greek food, this will be a delicious dish for you!

What is an Orzo Salad?

Orzo, also called risoni, is a short-cut pasta that is shaped like a larger grain of rice. Orzo is typically made from white flour, but can be made from whole-grain flour too. This orzo salad is therefore a pasta salad with a Mediterranean spin on it. It features Mediterranean style ingredients such as kalamata olives, red onion, red peppers, plum tomatoes, Greek feta cheese, cucumber, and parsley. It is similar to a Greek salad, with the addition of the orzo pasta.

Better with Butternut!

The butternut wedges in this dish are savory, sweet and sticky, seasoned with oregano, rosemary, thyme, garlic, lemon juice, salt and pepper, and treacle sugar. Not only is butternut particularly tasty (especially when seasoned like in this recipe) but it is nutritional too! The butternut ups the nutritional value of this dish greatly. Butternut contains a large amount of fiber, and vitamins and minerals, such as vitamin C, A, and beta-carotene, which promotes healthy immune system function. Butternut is also very high in potassium, and is also low in fat.

This dish would be perfect for a Mediterranean-style dinner party with friends, or to just spice up those boring vegetarian weeknight dishes. No matter how you enjoy it, there is tons of flavor guaranteed with this dish!

Sticky Butternut Wedges with Mediterranean Orzo Salad

Nato Zondagh

Sticky Butternut Wedges with Mediterranean Orzo Salad

5 from 2 votes

Fresh and flavoursome, this Mediterranean dish of Sticky Butternut Wedges with Orzo Salad is a perfect meal for a warm and Sunny day!

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Prep Time 1 30

Cook Time 1

Total Time 2 30

Course: Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: Mediterranean

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Ingredients

For the Sticky Butternut Wedges

200 g Butternut Cut into wedges
3 g Dried Oregano
2 g Rosemary Finely chopped
2 g Parsley Finely chopped
2 g Thyme Finely chopped
5 g Garlic Finely chopped
15 ml Olive Oil
15 g Treacle Sugar
15 ml Lemon Juice
2 g Fine Salt
1 g Fine Pepper

For the Orzo Salad

50 g Orzo Pasta Cooked al dente
20 g Kalamata Olive Pitted and cubed
30 g Red Pepper Diced
30 g Red Onion Diced
30 g Plum Tomato Chopped
30 g Greek Feta Cheese Crumbled
5 g Parsley Finely chopped
30 g Cucumber Diced

For the Dressing

10 ml Balsamic Vinegar
10 g Treacle Sugar
1 g Fine Pepper
20 ml Olive Oil
50 ml Coconut Cream
1 g Garlic Chopped
1 g Fine Salt

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