Greek orzo salad with a fresh lemon dressing
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A Greek orzo salad with the tastiest kalamata olives, cucumber, feta, and a fresh homemade lemon dressing. Ready in no time and packed with flavor.

20 minutes
2 persons
Salads
Lunch

Nutrition balance score

Good
7.3/10
Glycemic Index
Glycemic Load
51.16 (Low)
34.93 (High)

Nutrition per serving

Kcal
762.24 kcal
Carbohydrates
Of which sugars
68.28 g
7.62 g
Total fat
Of which saturated fats
47.02 g
11.50 g
Proteins
16.64 g
Fiber
8.01 g
Sodium
1732.28 mg
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A delicious fresh and easy salad is perfect during the summer months. This Greek orzo salad is a twist on the classic Greek salad with feta, olives, cucumber, tomatoes, red onion, and oregano.

Preferably use good olive oil, as this will give your salad an extra flavor boost. By using both lemon juice and lemon zest, the dressing gets more flavor, just be careful not to add too much white while zesting, as the white part of citrus is bitter.

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Véronique Pouw

Made by Véronique

Published at 2025-08-12, this recipe is for 2 persons and takes 20 minutes.

Updated at: 2025-09-19

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Preparation time
10 minutes
Time cooking
10 minutes
Total time
20 minutes

Making Greek orzo salad - 20 minutes

Fill a small pot with water and a good pinch of salt and bring it to a boil. Cook the orzo in it until it is done, this will take about 8 - 9 minutes.

Meanwhile, wash the cucumber and remove the seeds if necessary. Cut the cucumber into slices or pieces.

Peel the red onion and cut it into thin (half) rings. Wash and cut the cherry tomatoes in half.

Greek orzo salad with a fresh lemon dressing
Greek orzo salad with a fresh lemon dressing

Finely chop the garlic or use a garlic press.

Use the zest and juice of 1 lemon together with the garlic, 1 tablespoon oregano, and 6 tablespoons olive oil to make a dressing. Season with pepper and salt.

Drain the orzo and mix it with the lemon dressing. Since the orzo is still warm, it will absorb the dressing well.

Mix the cucumber, red onion, olives, and cherry tomatoes into the orzo.

Finish the orzo salad with crumbled feta, enjoy your meal!

Tips!

Which olives for a Greek salad?

For a Greek salad, you can use different types of (black) olives, but Greek kalamata olives are the tastiest.

What is orzo and can I replace it?

Orzo looks like risotto (a type of rice) but is also pasta. This is because orzo is a type of pasta, it has a nice bite and a slightly nutty flavor when roasted in a pan.

You can possibly replace orzo with kritharaki, which is the Greek version of orzo. But you can also completely replace the orzo with rice or a small type of pasta. 

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Nutritional values

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Pay attention! These indicated nutritional values are based on standard tables and are therefore an estimated total. No rights can be derived from the data in the nutritional value table.
General
Kcal
762.24 kcal
Carbohydrates
Of which sugars
68.28 g
7.62 g
Total fat
Of which saturated fats
47.02 g
11.50 g
Proteins
16.64 g
Fiber
8.01 g
Sodium
1732.28 mg
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Handy! Scroll this table horizontally to see all nutritional values per ingredient
Amount Ingredient Allergens Kcal Carbs Carbs of which sugars Fat Fat of which saturated Protein Fibers Sodium Iron Calcium Magnesium Potassium Phosphorus Copper Zinc Iodine Selenium Vitamin C Vitamin D Vitamin A Vitamin B1 Vitamin B2 Vitamin B6 Vitamin B12 Vitamin B11 Vitamin E Vitamin K Vitamin K1
75 gram orzo gluten 270.75 55.72 g 1.72 g 1.13 g 0.22 g 8.93 g 2.47 g - 2.10 mg 123.00 mg - 142.50 mg - - - - - - - - 0.75 mg 0.22 mg 4.05 mg - 135.00 µg - - -
0.5 cucumber 8.75 1.38 g 1.13 g 0.13 g - 0.38 g 0.56 g 5.00 mg 0.31 mg 9.38 mg 6.25 mg 87.50 mg 12.50 mg 0.06 mg 0.09 mg - - 5.00 mg - 0.02 mg 0.01 mg 0.02 mg 0.03 mg - 3.13 µg - - -
0.5 small red onion 13.50 2.29 g 2.29 g 0.08 g 0.04 g 0.45 g 0.94 g 3.38 mg 0.19 mg 11.25 mg 3.75 mg 65.63 mg 15.75 mg 0.03 mg 0.30 mg - - 2.44 mg - - 0.01 mg 0.01 mg 0.05 mg - 3.75 µg - - -
0.5 small handful of cherry tomatoes 4.50 0.98 g 0.65 g 0.05 g - 0.23 g 0.30 g 1.25 mg 0.08 mg 2.50 mg 2.75 mg 59.25 mg 6.00 mg 0.01 mg 0.05 mg - 0.03 µg 3.00 mg - 208.25 mg 0.01 mg 0.01 mg 0.02 mg - 3.75 µg 0.14 mg 1.20 µg -
0.5 small handful of kalamata olives 40.80 0.06 g - 4.14 g 0.75 g 0.42 g 1.26 g 630.00 mg 0.45 mg 28.50 mg 6.00 mg 13.50 mg 5.10 mg 0.06 mg 0.06 mg - - - - 0.02 mg 0.01 mg 0.02 mg 0.01 mg - - - - -
37.5 gram feta milk 94.50 0.45 g - 8.06 g 5.63 g 5.32 g - 412.50 mg 0.26 mg 161.25 mg - 232.50 mg 127.50 mg - 1.09 mg - - - - - - 0.11 mg - 0.11 µg - - - -
0.5 clove of garlic 2.10 0.42 g 0.01 g - - 0.09 g 0.03 g 0.06 mg 0.02 mg 2.55 mg 0.30 mg 9.00 mg 1.95 mg - 0.02 mg 0.02 µg - 0.21 mg - - - - 0.01 mg - 0.06 µg - - -
0.5 lemon 21.60 3.90 g 1.80 g 0.24 g - 0.30 g 1.32 g 1.20 mg 0.06 mg 6.00 mg 6.00 mg 90.00 mg 12.00 mg 0.03 mg 0.06 mg - - 27.00 mg - - 0.04 mg 0.01 mg 0.02 mg - 4.80 µg - - -
0.5 tablespoon oregano 5.56 0.75 g - 0.16 g 0.03 g 0.17 g 0.24 g 0.30 mg 0.75 mg 24.00 mg - 24.00 mg 3.00 mg - - - - - - 0.01 mg - - - - - - - -
3 tablespoon olive oil 291.39 0.07 g - 32.93 g 4.79 g - - 0.33 mg - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
pepper and salt 8.79 2.27 g 0.02 g 0.11 g 0.05 g 0.36 g 0.89 g 678.27 mg 0.18 mg 8.00 mg 2.66 mg 22.17 mg 3.03 mg 0.02 mg 0.02 mg 1.03 µg 0.04 µg 2.67 mg - - - - 0.01 mg - 0.35 µg 0.16 mg 5.73 µg -
    762.24 68.28 g 7.62 g 47.02 g 11.50 g 16.64 g 8.01 g 1732.28 mg 4.39 mg 376.42 mg 27.71 mg 746.05 mg 186.83 mg 0.21 mg 1.69 mg 1.06 µg 0.07 µg 40.32 mg - 208.29 mg 0.84 mg 0.42 mg 4.19 mg 0.11 µg 150.84 µg 0.29 mg 6.93 µg -
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