Cooking with Ish

The first time I bought Orzo (rice shaped pasta) was at the Pike place market in Seattle. It was lemon flavored Orzo. I forget how I made it, but I remember it being easy to make and delicious. So I bought it again the other day and made a simple one pot meal . To a pot of  about 4 cups of boiling water, I added  the dehydrated vegetables that had been lying around for ages and a cup of Orzo.

In about ten minutes they were cooked. I had some boiled potatoes and sweet potatoes sitting in the fridge, so I added them to the pot of Orzo and veggies, along with some black pepper, herbs,salt and lemon juice.

The addition of a cup of milk turned it into comfort food! I liked it, so did the boys.. I think, but my husband found it bland, so he spiced it up by adding chopped eggplant that been cooked and seasoned in a cayenne pepper, coconut, tamarind sauce. I don’t think they would go well together but he liked it better that way.

Orzo, Dehydrated Veggies, potato, sweet potato and milk

The stew is ready to be eaten

Here is the recipe

Ingredients

1 Cup Orzo
3/4 Cup dehydrated vegetables
4 Cups of water
1/2 cup cubed boiled potatoes 
1/2 cup of cubed boiled sweet potatoes
1 T parsely
2 T Cilantro
1 T Mint
1 Cup of milk ( if you like it creamy)/ Almond milk / Coconut milk
Directions

1. Boil water in a  stock pot
2. Add dehydrated veggies
3. After about 5 minutes add Orzo
4. Cook for 10 minutes
5. Add the potatoes and sweet potatoes
6. Add the Parsley, mint & cilantro
7. Add th salt, pepper and lemon juice
8. Add a cup of milk to make it creamy