Lemon Dressing Orzo Pasta Salad - Weekend Recipe

EDIT: Nothing like presetting all the monthly recipes to take care of the posting so I can lecture prep and realizing that it never happened 2 months into the process.  So if you were expecting these recipes to post during the month for your enjoyment, I am sorry.  If you want to find the recipes which have now posted, try out the links below in the theme list.

Lemon Dressing Orzo Pasta Salad

1/2 cup uncooked orzo pasta

3 plum tomatoes, chopped

1 cup marinated quartered artichoke hearts, chopped

1 cup coarsely chopped fresh spinach

2 green onions, chopped

1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese

1 tablespoon capers, drained

DRESSING:

1/3 cup olive oil

4 teaspoons lemon juice

1 ½ teaspoons minced fresh tarragon or 1 teaspoon dried tarragon

1 ½ teaspoons chopped fresh lemon balm or 1 teaspoon dried lemon balm

2 teaspoons grated lemon peel

2 teaspoons rice vinegar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

Directions

Cook orzo according to package directions.  Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the tomatoes, artichokes, spinach, onions, cheese and capers. In a small bowl, whisk the dressing ingredients.

Drain orzo and rinse in cold water. Add to vegetable mixture.  Pour dressing over salad; toss to coat. Chill until serving.  6 servings.

Each month a theme is chosen and a number of recipes on that theme from my massive archive will be shared.  This year we have 12 new topics, different from the topics of last year.  To find the recipes of last year, check out this recipe link or search the blog with the topic Recipe2018. 
You can search the monthly theme by looking for the theme keyword in the search box and it will pull up the recipes on that theme as posted, so look at the bottom of the recipe in each posting for the KEYWORD in the () to search for each  month.  All recipes this year will be tagged Recipe2019 so you can find them all.

The themes are:
Jan 2019 – Chicken and Dumplings (CDumpsJan)
Feb 2019 - Pasta Dishes (PastaFeb)
March 2019 - Edible Flowers (FlowerMar)
April 2019 - Cajun And Creole
May 2019 - Seafood Recipes
June 2019 - Vegetarian Dishes
July 2019 - Zucchini Recipes
August 2019 - National Mustard Day – mustard recipes
September 2019 - Quiche
October 2019 - Crock Pot meals
November 2019 - Pies
December 2019 - Mocktails