{"id":497,"date":"2001-09-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-09-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/food-low-fat-veggie-orzo-smacks-of-spring\/"},"modified":"2001-09-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2001-09-09T00:00:00","slug":"food-low-fat-veggie-orzo-smacks-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/food-low-fat-veggie-orzo-smacks-of-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Low-Fat Veggie Orzo Smacks of Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"
Just 15 minutes is all you need to complete this low-cal, veggie-rich recipe for Spring Celebration Orzo that has nearly 20 percent of your daily calcium.<\/p>\n
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook: 10 minutes
Makes 6 servings<\/p>\n
Ingredients:<\/strong> Instructions:<\/strong> 2. Meanwhile, use a vegetable peeler to make 12 curls of Parmesan. Grate remaining cheese and set aside.<\/p>\n 3. Combine salt, lemon juice, and olive oil; whisk together. Toss orzo in lemon-juice mixture; stir in grated cheese and basil. Serve warm or at room temperature with Parmesan curls. Garnish with additional basil leaves, if desired. (Serving size: 1 cup)<\/p>\n Nutrition:<\/strong> Just 15 minutes is all you need to complete this low-cal, veggie-rich recipe for Spring Celebration Orzo that has nearly 20 percent of your daily calcium. Prep time: 5 minutesCook: 10 minutesMakes 6 servings Ingredients:8 ounces uncooked orzo 1 pound asparagus spears, cut into 2-inch-long slices (snap off rough ends before slicing)1 cup frozen green […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[21],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
8 ounces uncooked orzo 1 pound asparagus spears, cut into 2-inch-long slices (snap off rough ends before slicing)
1 cup frozen green peas, thawed
3 ounces fresh Parmesan cheese
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1⁄2 cup thinly sliced fresh basil leaves (about 10)<\/p>\n
1. Cook orzo according to package directions. When 3 minutes of cooking time remain, add asparagus. Cook for 1 minute, then add peas and cook for the final 2 minutes. Drain.<\/p>\n
Calories 281 (31% from fat); Fat 10g (sat 3g, mono 5g, poly 1g); Cholesterol 12mg; Protein 14g; Carbohydrate 36g; Sugars 3g; Fiber 4g; Iron 2mg; Sodium 457mg; Calcium 191mg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"