Whip up this super simple dish in under 30 minutes! Roast tinned cherry tomatoes, feta, prawns, and lemon in the oven to create a flavourful sauce for the orzo. Served alongside a fresh rocket salad.
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2 Dec - 8 Dec
Meal Prep Guide
Make the dressing for the salad (Store in a airtight jar in the fridge)
Ingredients:
- 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 3 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp dijon mustard
- 1 tsp maple syrup
Method:
- Add all ingredients into a glass jar and shake well to combine.
Toast 2 tbsp of pine nuts (Store in a airtight jar in the pantry)
Tips
Tips
- You can tell when the prawns are cooked as they will go from grey to a soft, pale pink colour. Keep an eye on them as you don’t want to overcook them as they become rubbery.
- If you’re after a saucier pasta, add a little pasta water until you reached the desired consistency.
Shortcuts
Vegetables
- Swap out the tinned cherry tomatoes for fresh cherry tomatoes.
- Swap out the rocket for baby spinach.
Protein
- For a vegetarian option, we recommend making this Ratatouille Orzo Salad
Other
- If you’ve got a hungry household to feed serve alongside some crusty bread.
Ingredients
Baked prawns with tomato, feta, lemon and orzo
- 400g tin cherry tomatoes
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 lemon (juice and zest)
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 2 garlic cloves (crushed)
- 400g raw frozen prawns (defrosted)
- 200g feta (roughly torn into chunks)
- 1 ¼ cups orzo
- ½ cup parsley (finely chopped)
- Salt and pepper
Rocket salad
- 120g rocket (1 bag)
- 1 small fennel bulb (finely shaved)
- 2 Tbsp pine nuts (toasted)
- 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 3 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp dijon mustard
- 1 tsp maple syrup
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees fan bake and boil a pot of salted water for the orzo.
- Add the tinned cherry tomatoes, olive oil, lemon juice, zest, oregano and garlic to a baking dish (approx. 23 x 23cm, depth 6cm). Scatter over the feta and pop in the oven to cook for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile prepare the salad, add the rocket and fennel to a large salad bowl or platter and scatter over the pine nuts. To make the dressing simply add all ingredients into a glass jar and shake well to combine. Set the dressing aside to dress the salad just before serving.
- After 10 minutes, add the prawns to the baking dish and cook for 15-20 minutes.
- While the prawns are in the oven, cook the orzo as per packet instructions – reserve a little pasta water (about a ¼ cup).
- Once the prawn and tomato dish has cooked, remove it from the oven and stir through the orzo and a little pasta water if needed.
- Garnish with some fresh parsley and season with salt and pepper; serve alongside the rocket salad.
Variations
Vegetables
- Swap out the tinned cherry tomatoes for fresh cherry tomatoes.
- Swap out the rocket for baby spinach.
Protein
- For a vegetarian option, we recommend making this Ratatouille Orzo Salad
Other
- If you’ve got a hungry household to feed serve alongside some crusty bread.
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