Veggie-Forward Orzo Pasta Salad

I, like many others, am trying to find some bright spaces in order to keep myself afloat during COVID19 and the subsequent social distancing/quarantining taking place. My brightest space has been in the kitchen. While I have always been passionate about food, I have truly fallen in love with the process of cooking as much as the end result. 

In order to continue to #usewhatyouhave, I decided to make a very veggie-forward orzo pasta salad yesterday. I posted a picture of the process and the end result on Instagram and a few people said they wanted to see the recipe! So, here we are! Most of the ingredients can be found in your cabinet/refrigerators already, so please be sure to #usewhatyouhave before rushing to buy more! his pasta salad can be accommodated for so many different lifestyles (note how I didn't say diets!) and I will be including those substitutions at the bottom of this post. Let's get cooking!