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“Not Your Mama’s Pasta Salad”

Ingredients:

• 1 cup uncooked Delallo organic whole wheat orzo
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 t dijon mustard
• juice of 1 small lemon
• 2 T extra virgin olive oil, divided
• big handful of kale, torn and stems removed
• 1 can of garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
• 1/3 cup feta cheese
• 1/4 cup roasted sunflower seeds
• 1/4 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes
• 1/4 cup chopped marinated artichoke hearts
• sea salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste

Method:

1. Cook your pasta according to package directions.
2. In a medium sized bowl, combine all other ingredients except kale and 1 T olive oil.
3. When the pasta is done cooking, strain it and add it to the bowl.
4. Heat remaining olive oil in a large skillet with lid.  Fry/steam your kale until it both wilts and becomes slightly charred.
5. Add the kale to the bowl and season to taste!

This is a great combination of textures and flavours.  You can subsitute rice, quinoa, farro or israeli couscous for the pasta if you’d like.  I like Delallo organic whole wheat pastas because they have only one ingredient.