How to Make Orzo Salad With Smoked Trout

smoked trout

🥗Healthier: smoked salmon

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Canned tuna is more affordable and still provides protein.

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: goat cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Ricotta is often less expensive and offers a creamy texture.

Boil water in a large pot and add 1 tablespoon of salt.

Add 1.5 cups of uncooked whole wheat orzo to the boiling water and cook according to package instructions.

Once the orzo is cooked, drain it and place it in a large bowl.

Zest one lemon into a bowl, then cut it in half and juice it.

Add 3 tablespoons of olive oil to the bowl with the lemon zest and juice.

Mix in 0.5 teaspoons of kosher salt and 0.25 teaspoons of freshly ground black pepper to the dressing.

Shake the dressing in the bowl until well blended.

Prepare 10 ounces of grape tomatoes using a hack with two deli containers to slice them quickly.

Add the sliced tomatoes to the bowl with the orzo.

Chop and add 0.75 cups of parsley and 3 tablespoons of thinly sliced fresh mint to the bowl.

Thinly slice 1 medium shallot and add it to the salad.

Flake 8 ounces of smoked trout and add it to the bowl.

Add 2 tablespoons of capers and red chili flakes (between 0.25 to 1 teaspoon) to the salad.

Pour the dressing over the salad and toss everything together.

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