When You Need a Cozy Dinner Fast ❤️🥩 | Easy One-Pot Greek Youvetsi

lamb

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: beef

Chicken is leaner and more affordable than lamb.

orzo pasta

🥗Healthier: quinoa

💰Cheaper: rice

Quinoa adds protein while rice is often less expensive.

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Cottage cheese is lower in fat and ricotta is more budget-friendly.

red wine

🥗Healthier: grape juice

💰Cheaper: white wine

Grape juice provides a non-alcoholic alternative.

Chop the small onion in half, saving one half for another recipe; finely chop the other half and add it to the pot with olive oil.

Cook the onion over medium heat until soft and golden, about 5-6 minutes.

Stir in grated garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.

Add 2 tablespoons of tomato paste and cook until it deepens in color.

Add crushed tomatoes, a heaping teaspoon of dried oregano, salt, and black pepper; mix well.

Add 1 and 1/2 cups of uncooked orzo pasta and 4 cups of beef broth; mix and bring to a boil.

Once boiling, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking.

Add leftover roast beef, cut into chunks or shredded, and warm through for about 5 minutes.

If the orzo has soaked up too much sauce, thin it out with a little water or more broth.

Take off heat and let it sit to thicken; garnish with finely chopped parsley and serve with feta and olives.

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