A Bright, Cozy One-Pan Dinner I’ve been looking for more easy ways to work zucchini into our weeknight dinner rotation lately, and this one-pan orzo has been such a hit! ♡ It’s loaded with golden browned chicken sausage, tender zucchini, big handfuls of spinach, and creamy orzo, all finished with plenty of fresh lemon and dill and a generous crumble of feta.Somehow it manages to taste bright and fresh while still feeling like comfort food.My kind of meal! The best part is how completely un-fussy it is.

One pan, about 30 minutes start to finish, and that final squeeze of lemon wakes the whole thing up right before it hits the table.It’s exactly the kind of dinner I’m happy to put on repeat right now while zucchini is at its best.Let’s make some!! Recipe Tips Here are a few quick tips that will make this orzo especially good: Give the sausage time to brown.

Try not to stir it constantly! Those slices need to sit against the hot pan long enough to develop a nice golden sear on the bottom before flipping them.Brown the zucchini separately.Cooking it after the sausage gives the zucchini a chance to pick up all of those flavorful browned bits in the pan, plus it keeps it from becoming too soft later.

Keep the simmer fairly gentle.If the heat is cranked too high, the broth can evaporate before the orzo has finished cooking.You want a steady low simmer here.

Stir often once the orzo goes in.Orzo loves to settle on the bottom of t

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