Reviewed: May 14, 2012

This salad is really good. I modified it quite a bit, based on the ingredients I had, but it turned out great. I used cucumber, sun-dried tomatoes in oil, grated cheddar, red onion and black olives. Since I didn't have artichokes, I used 1/2 cup of Farm Boy Greek Dressing and added salt and pepper. Delicious!

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Tanya S.

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Mar. 12, 2012

Wonderful salad! I served this alongside Lamb Chops with Balsalmic Reduction (on this site) and it was a fabulous Mediterranean meal. There were several people who commented that this salad lacked flavor - I did not have that complaint whatsoever. The flavor from the marinade and all of the ingredients was light and perfect, in my opinion. I did add a bit of salt to mine as well.

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alison.allen

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Mahtomedi, Minnesota, USA

Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 2, 2012

This simple dish is so delicious and versatile. If you're up to trying something new, try what I did. I use Kalamata olives, herbed feta cheese, I used the time saving pre-cooked chicken breasts (Perdue) and added cinnamon and allspice, as well as 2 cloves of fresh garlic. I left out the fresh onion only because I'm not a fan. The fresh garlic, chicken, Kalamatas and cinnamon & allspice come together nicely for a "Moroccan" type dish that could actually be a main dish with the lean protein added. This also works really well with couscous, and is great eaten hot or chilled, it's hard to mess this up :)

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dogrescue

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Feb. 19, 2012

Bland! This had no flavor at all, I will not make this again.

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AshleyP

Reviewed: Jan. 25, 2012

Any pasta will work. I used bowtie.

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Judy

Reviewed: Jan. 11, 2012

1-10-12: Pretty good, but kind of bland.

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Rex Hutcheson

Reviewed: Jan. 10, 2012

This was just okay for us...I'm an Orzo novice so I wasn't sure wether to rinse it or not - so I did. Made this early in the day so it could chill & drizzled the artichoke marinade just prior to serving as directed. The addition of salt & pepper helped a bit, not that it bad, it was just o.k.

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BudsGurls

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 29, 2011

AWESOME RECIPE! I had never had orzo before so this recipe was a new one for me, but I loved it! I made the recipe as given, but made sure to mix the feta with the orzo first while the orzo was warm, melting the feta. I also didn't use the marinade before serving but instead used some greek salad dressing. The amount this made was huge! Next time I will 1/2 of 1/4 this recipe. Yes, I will be making this again.

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AERON

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Chillicothe, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 16, 2011

Just made this tonight for tomorrow's family brunch... excellent recipe! My only mods were to lessen the amount of feta and artichoke hearts (though I didn't need to in hindsight) and to add a small amount of red wine vinaigrette, Italian dressing, salt, and sugar (plus a little cold water to keep the orzo from gluing together while chopping and adding ingredients).

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