Lemony Double Beef and Orzo Bowls
with Feta and Peppers
From zesty lemon to creamy feta, this meal is packed with flavours the whole family will love. Pick and choose ingredients so everyone gets a bowl full of their favourites.
Ingredients: Ground beef • Orzo (durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulphate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid) (wheat) • Sweet bell pepper • Baby tomatoes • Lemon • Feta cheese (pasteurized milk, partly skimmed milk, water, salt, lipase, bacterial culture, microbial enzyme, cellulose, natamycin, calcium chloride) (milk) • Spinach • Tomato sauce (water, tomato paste, modified corn starch, soybean oil, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate) • Zesty garlic blend (granulated garlic, cornmeal, salt, dehydrated red bell pepper flakes, spices, sugar, herbs, canola oil, silicon dioxide, citric acid) (sulphites) • Garlic salt (salt, garlic powder, silicon dioxide).
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
Ingredients
500 g
Ground Beef
170 g
Orzo
(Contains: Wheat)
½ cup
Feta Cheese, crumbled
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit(s)
Sweet Bell Pepper
113 g
Baby Tomatoes
56 g
Baby Spinach
1 unit(s)
Lemon
2 tbsp
Tomato Sauce Base
(May contain traces of: Mustard, Milk, Tree nuts, Fish, Egg, Sesame, Crustaceans, Gluten, Sulphites, Soy, Wheat)
1 tsp
Garlic Salt
(May contain traces of: Mustard, Milk, Tree nuts, Sesame, Sulphites, Soy, Wheat, Triticale, Peanuts)
1 tbsp
Zesty Garlic Blend
(Contains: Sulphites May contain traces of: Mustard, Milk, Tree nuts, Sesame, Sulphites, Soy, Wheat, Triticale, Peanuts)
Not included in your delivery
0.13 tsp
Salt*
2 tsp
Oil*
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
1 tbsp
Unsalted Butter*
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- Add 6 cups water and 1 tsp salt to a large pot (use same for 4 ppl). Cover and bring to a boil over high heat.
- Meanwhile, core, then cut pepper into 1/2-inch pieces.
- Halve tomatoes.
- Roughly chop spinach.
- Zest, then juice half the lemon (whole lemon for 4 ppl). Cut remaining lemon into wedges.
- Add orzo to the boiling water. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until tender, 10-12 min.
- Drain and return orzo to the same pot, off heat.
- Add 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) butter. Stir until melted, 1 min. Cover and set aside.
- Meanwhile, heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat.
- When the pan is hot, add 1 tsp (2 tsp) oil, then peppers, tomatoes, Zesty Garlic Blend and half the garlic salt. Season with pepper.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, until veggies are tender-crisp, 5-6 min.
- Stir in 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) water.
- Transfer veggies to a plate, then cover to keep warm.
- Reheat the same pan over medium.
- When the pan is hot, add 1 tsp (2 tsp) oil, then beef.
- Cook, breaking up beef into smaller pieces, until no pink remains, 4-5 min.**
- Carefully drain and discard excess fat.
- Add tomato sauce base and remaining garlic salt. Cook, stirring often, until fragrant, 1-2 min.
- Remove from heat. Season with pepper.
- Sprinkle 1/2 tsp (1 tsp) lemon zest over top, then stir to combine. (NOTE: Reference zest guide.)
- Cover to keep warm.
- Add spinach and lemon juice to the pot with orzo. Stir until spinach wilts, 1 min.
- Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Divide orzo between bowls. Top with veggies and beef.
- Sprinkle with feta.
- Squeeze a lemon wedge over top, if desired.
If you've opted for double beef, cook it in the same way the recipe instructs you to cook the regular portion of beef. Work in batches, if necessary.
