Orzo Skillet Dinner is an easy and quick dish
Published July 31, 2011, 12:00 AM Orzo Skillet Dinner is an easy and quick dish I’ve gained a renewed appreciation for quick suppers from a skillet. As a young mother, that sometimes meant the meal began in a box packaged with everything needed except the meat. These days, I pay much closer attention to every single ingredient that goes into the meals I prepare. I prefer to use fresh ingredients and add my own seasonings.By: Sue Doeden , Bemidji Pioneer
I’ve gained a renewed appreciation for quick suppers from a skillet. As a young mother, that sometimes meant the meal began in a box packaged with everything needed except the meat. These days, I pay much closer attention to every single ingredient that goes into the meals I prepare. I prefer to use fresh ingredients and add my own seasonings.
Last week I realized it’s not just cooks with young active families who need a repertoire of meals made in minutes. After spending a day with my grandchildren last week, I realized hip and high-spirited grandmas sometimes need to get a meal on the table in little time.
By 7 in the morning, I was seated in a wooden wagon behind a four-wheeler being pulled out to a raspberry patch with three of my grandchildren, ages 10, 7 and 4, and their mom. Seven pounds of raspberries later we were in my kitchen eating the fresh-picked ruby red berries with Hungarian pancakes prepared by their (grandpa) Pops while we were out in the field. Next, Pops and the kids packed their putters into the trunk and off to the golf course they went, leaving me behind to pack a picnic lunch. We met at the park for lunch and playtime. A short browse through a few favorite downtown stores, a visit to the skateboard park to watch the talented teens put on a show, a stop at the ballpark to watch the end of a Little League game, some practice batting on a green space at the park and, finally, seated under a tent to watch a healing powwow. When we got home barely an hour before meal time, we were all hungry and I was running out of gas. Lucky for us, my daughter-in-law had gone shopping while we were playing the day away. All of the ingredients needed for tacos were lined up and ready for our quick-to-make meal. Whew, saved by my daughter-in-law.
Orzo Skillet Dinner is a meal based on ease of preparation, customization and good, healthful ingredients. Once a big pot of water comes to a boil, orzo, a small rice-shaped pasta, cooks in only 8 to 10 minutes. While the orzo is cooking, onions, peppers and garlic can sauté in olive oil in a large skillet. Those sautéed ingredients will add their boisterous flavors to all kinds of garden-fresh vegetables. It’s at this point in the preparation that you can get creative, picking and choosing the vegetables your family enjoys. I happened to have a young zucchini in a market basket I purchased from a local grower. If I were to make this today, I would have some steamed green beans leftover from last night’s dinner to slice and add. Cut the corn kernels from the last couple ears of cooked sweet corn and stir them into the skillet.
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