Grilled Vegetable Salad with Feta
This tasty Grilled Vegetable Salad with Feta has all the flavors of summer in a wonderful meatless salad combination. The grilled vegetable salad will be delicious with whole wheat orzo, or make it with cauliflower rice for a low-carb version of this tasty salad.
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I think Grilled Vegetables are one of the best things about summer, so it’s no surprise that this Grilled Vegetable Salad with Feta would be something I’d want to make all summer long. And this salad is a tasty side dish any time you’re cooking on the grill.
I did love the salad with whole wheat orzo, which is what I used when I first created this recipe years ago. But the orzo adds quite a few carbs, and now I’d love this salad just as much with quickly stir-fried cauliflower rice replacing the orzo, so take your choice on that! And making this salad with cauliflower rice would make it low in carbs and gluten-free!
You could also make something like my Grilled Zucchini Greek Salad if you’d like a grilled vegetable salad without any pasta or cauliflower rice. But no matter which one of those ideas appeals to you, I hope you put grilled vegetables added to a salad on your menu soon!
What ingredients do you need for this recipe?
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- Whole Wheat Orzo (affiliate link), or make Best Easy Cauliflower Rice to replace orzo for a low-carb version
- zucchini
- red bell pepper
- Italian Herb Seasoning (affiliate link) or other dried herb seasoning
- green onions
- fresh basil
- fresh oregano
- canned black olives
- Feta cheese
- Olive Oil (affiliate link)
- Red Wine Vinegar (affiliate link)
- Dijon mustard (affiliate link)
- Dried Oregano (affiliate link)
What vegetables did we use for the Grilled Vegetable Salad?
For the grilled veggies in this salad we used zucchini and red bell pepper, but you could also use eggplant, red onion, white onion, mushrooms, or asparagus for options here.
What is Orzo?
If you’re not familiar with orzo, it’s a tiny pasta shaped similar to rice but slightly bigger. It’s often used in soups and pilafs, but it’s also a perfect pasta salad ingredient because it lets the pasta take a supporting role and puts the spotlight on the other ingredients.
Want to make Grilled Vegetable Salad salad low-carb or gluten-free?
Orzo is made with wheat and isn’t low in carbs, but if you want a low-carb and gluten-free version of this tasty grilled vegetable salad, just make some of my Easy Cauliflower Rice and then make the salad with that instead of the orzo.
How to make Grilled Vegetable Salad with Feta:
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- Cook the orzo until it’s barely al dente (follow package directions for cooking time) and then drain and let cool. (Or make Easy Cauliflower Rice if you want a gluten-free or lower-carb version.)
- Cut the zucchini and red bell peppers into fourths and brush with olive oil and Italian seasoning.
- Grill the vegetables on high until they are cooked, but still slightly crisp, about 10-15 minutes. Let vegetables cool for a few minutes.
- While veggies cool, slice green onions and chop herbs. (I used a combination or oregano and basil and used a good amount of fresh herbs.)
- Whisk together olive oil, red wine vinegar, Dijon, and dried oregano to make the dressing.
- When vegetables are cool, you should be able to pull the skins right off the red bell peppers (or leave them on if you prefer.) Cut peppers and zucchini into bite-sized pieces.
- Put the zucchini and peppers into a bowl large enough to hold all the salad, add about 1/3 of the dressing, and stir so vegetables are coated with dressing.
- Let the vegetables marinate in the dressing while you slice the olives in half and crumble the Feta.
- Stir in the orzo (or cauliflower rice), green onions, and herbs and add just enough dressing to moisten the salad.
- Then gently stir in the olives and crumbled feta.
- Season salad to taste with salt and fresh ground black pepper and serve room temperature or slightly chilled.
More Ideas with Grilled Vegetables:
Check out Low-Carb and Keto Grilled Vegetables or Low-Carb and Keto Grilled Zucchini Recipes for lots more tasty ideas using vegetables cooked on the grill!
Weekend Food Prep:
This delicious Grilled Vegetable Salad recipe has been added to a new category called Weekend Food Prep to help you find recipes you can prep or cook on the weekend and eat during the week!
Grilled Vegetable Salad with Feta
This Salad with Grilled Vegetables and Feta has all the flavors of summer; replace the orzo with cauliflower rice if you want a low-carb version!
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole wheat orzo, cooked according to package directions (see notes)
- 2 small zucchini
- 1 large red bell pepper
- olive oil, for brushing vegetables
- 1 tsp. Italian seasoning or other dried herb seasoning
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
- 2 T chopped fresh basil (see notes)
- 2 T chopped fresh oregano (see notes)
- 1 can black olives, drained and cut in half (6 oz. drained)
- 1/2 cup Feta cheese, crumbled
Dressing Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 T red wine vinegar
- 1 T Dijon mustard
- 1/2 tsp. dried oregano
Instructions
- Preheat grill to high.
- Cook orzo according to package directions, being careful not to overcook. Drain and let cool while you prep other ingredients. Or make Best Easy Cauliflower Rice to replace the orzo for a low-carb option, see notes.
- Cut the zucchini and red bell pepper lengthwise into fourths and remove seeds and stem from pepper. Brush the vegetables on both sides with olive oil and sprinkle with dried herb mix.
- Turn the grill down to medium-high, then grill vegetables until they are cooked, but still slightly crisp, about 10-15 minutes. I turned them several times so I had grill marks on all the sides. Remove vegetables and let them cool.
- Thinly slice green onions and chop fresh herbs.
- Whisk together the olive oil, red wine vinegar, Dijon, and dried oregano to make the dressing.
- When vegetables are cool enough to handle easily, pull the skins off red peppers. (They should come off fairly easily, but no worries if you prefer to leave them on.)
- Cut the zucchini and pepper into bite-sized pieces and put into a plastic bowl large enough to hold all the salad ingredients.
- Add about 1/3 of dressing and stir so all the vegetable pieces are coated with dressing.
- Let the vegetables marinate while you drain olives, cut them into half, and crumble the feta.
- Add the cooked orzo (or cauliflower rice), green onions, and herbs to the vegetables and add enough dressing to moisten all ingredients. (You may not need all the dressing.)
- Gently stir in the olives and crumbled feta.
- Serve at room temperature or slightly chilled.
- This salad will stay good in the fridge for several days, but only if you’re able to stop eating it!
Notes
Just replace the orzo with Best Easy Cauliflower Rice if you want fewer carbs.
You can use 4 TÂ of any chopped fresh herbs of your choice such as parsley, mint, thyme, or chives.
Adapted from a recipe by Pamela Anderson for Fine Cooking.
Nutrition Information
Yield
6Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 291Total Fat 13gSaturated Fat 3.3gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 8.9gCholesterol 11mgSodium 192mgCarbohydrates 37gFiber 5.7gSugar 3gProtein 9.7g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.
Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Grilled Vegetable Salad with Feta and Orzo could be suitable for phase 2 or 3 of the original South Beach Diet if you use whole wheat orzo and a small amount of pasta in proportion to the other ingredients. For low-carb or Keto diets, the version with cauliflower rice would be great.
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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
This grilled vegetable salad was first posted in 2011. It was updated with more information and the option to make the salad lower in carbs in 2021 and last updated with more information in 2024.
Grilled Vegetable Salad with Feta
This Salad with Grilled Vegetables and Feta has all the flavors of summer; replace the orzo with cauliflower rice if you want a low-carb version!
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole wheat orzo, cooked according to package directions (see notes)
- 2 small zucchini
- 1 large red bell pepper
- olive oil, for brushing vegetables
- 1 tsp. Italian seasoning or other dried herb seasoning
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
- 2 T chopped fresh basil (see notes)
- 2 T chopped fresh oregano (see notes)
- 1 can black olives, drained and cut in half (6 oz. drained)
- 1/2 cup Feta cheese, crumbled
Dressing Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 T red wine vinegar
- 1 T Dijon mustard
- 1/2 tsp. dried oregano
Instructions
- Preheat grill to high.
- Cook orzo according to package directions, being careful not to overcook. Drain and let cool while you prep other ingredients. Or make Best Easy Cauliflower Rice to replace the orzo for a low-carb option, see notes.
- Cut the zucchini and red bell pepper lengthwise into fourths and remove seeds and stem from pepper. Brush the vegetables on both sides with olive oil and sprinkle with dried herb mix.
- Turn the grill down to medium-high, then grill vegetables until they are cooked, but still slightly crisp, about 10-15 minutes. I turned them several times so I had grill marks on all the sides. Remove vegetables and let them cool.
- Thinly slice green onions and chop fresh herbs.
- Whisk together the olive oil, red wine vinegar, Dijon, and dried oregano to make the dressing.
- When vegetables are cool enough to handle easily, pull the skins off red peppers. (They should come off fairly easily, but no worries if you prefer to leave them on.)
- Cut the zucchini and pepper into bite-sized pieces and put into a plastic bowl large enough to hold all the salad ingredients.
- Add about 1/3 of dressing and stir so all the vegetable pieces are coated with dressing.
- Let the vegetables marinate while you drain olives, cut them into half, and crumble the feta.
- Add the cooked orzo (or cauliflower rice), green onions, and herbs to the vegetables and add enough dressing to moisten all ingredients. (You may not need all the dressing.)
- Gently stir in the olives and crumbled feta.
- Serve at room temperature or slightly chilled.
- This salad will stay good in the fridge for several days, but only if you’re able to stop eating it!
Notes
Just replace the orzo with Best Easy Cauliflower Rice if you want fewer carbs.
You can use 4 TÂ of any chopped fresh herbs of your choice such as parsley, mint, thyme, or chives.
Adapted from a recipe by Pamela Anderson for Fine Cooking.
Nutrition Information
Yield
6Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 291Total Fat 13gSaturated Fat 3.3gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 8.9gCholesterol 11mgSodium 192mgCarbohydrates 37gFiber 5.7gSugar 3gProtein 9.7g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.
34 Comments on “Grilled Vegetable Salad with Feta”
Glad you liked it, and more vegetables would always be good!
This was DELICIOUS!!! Though for some reason, mine was way more pasta heavy than the picture suggests. Next time, I think I'll add an extra bell pepper or two, and maybe some asparagus.
Janelle, thanks for sharing; I'm going to look at my Kroger store!
Found organic whole wheat orzo at Kroger!
I'm making it tonight for the 2nd time this week and this time I am adding roasted asparagus with it. It is so so so good! I leave out the feta because I am vegan, but omg this is the best recipe!
So glad you liked it, and I'm sure rice would be great in it.
Made this for tonight's dinner, I didn't have orzo, so I used cooked rice. It was delicious, thanks!
Hey Kalyn,
I'm making this next week and am so excited! I'm looking forward to trying this deliciousness!
Mollie, I am just loving the whole wheat orzo; hope you enjoy it. If you find a good brand of whole wheat lasagna would love to know what it is.
I just ran across whole wheat orzo at Henry's and was super excited! This looks yummy! Off recipe, but on whole wheat pasta topic, I also just found whole wheat lasagna noodles at Vons of all places.
Melody, glad you enjoyed the other orzo salad. I'd have a hard time deciding which one I liked best. And thanks for the link for Amazon, helpful for people who can't find it.
I can't wait to try this! I made your other orzo pasta salad so much last summer, I couldn't get enough of it.
I had difficulty finding the whole wheat orzo at my Whole Foods last year (I'm in NC) but see it regularly there now. When I was having trouble locating it I did find it on Amazon: RiceSelect Orzo Whole Wheat Pasta, 32-Ounce Jars (Pack of 4) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EGZ99M
This might be an option for people who can't find it locally. It comes in a 4-pk so you'll have a lot of orzo but it's oh so yummy!
Kelly that sounds like a great store! It's not super hot here but surprisingly muggy.
Barbara, I did love it, especially with the grilled vegetables.
I call this a non-salad salad and that's the kind I love! I've not tried whole wheat orzo but I sure like whole wheat pasta, so I know I'll like the orzo. Your salad is chock full of good things and I'm really anxious to try it!
Let's try this again! I get DeLallo's whole wheat pasta at Henry's which is a local chain that's been in San Diego for quite a few years. Sort of a mini Whole Foods 🙂 Love this salad — the ingredients are some of my favorite, although I don't think I've grilled them before. I need to try that. Looks so good right now. Pretty warm here today, so cooking isn't high on my agenda.
Thanks Christine! I can tell I will make this over and over!
What a perfect summer salad, Kalyn. And a great potluck dish too! Saving it now…
Thanks Susie. My favorite flavors by far!
Havent see whole wheat orzo but i will be looking next visit to whole foods. love the mediterranean flavors you have put together here.
Izzy, there are so many flavors that I think the cheese is completely optional.
Erica, thanks. Just loved it around here.
I am making this salad for my vegetarian husband today! This looks amazing,Kalyn!
I'm such a sucker for Greek inspired flavors, I can't NOT try this.
I shalt veganize it and gobble the hell out of it. Thanks, it looks so yummy!
Joanne, to me this is the perfect summer food. It's a great side dish, but I could happily make a meal of it.
This is EXACTLY the kind of salad that I love to bring to barbecues and such! Or just sit around eating for dinner every night. Love all those grilled veggies!
Nisrine, so many of my favorite ingredients!
A great salad as a meal, Kalyn. I love all those ingredients you used–soo Mediterranean.
Thanks Barbara. I'd be curious to know if you see it there; it's definitely hard to find here, but worth looking for!
I have never seen whole wheat orzo. But I've never looked for it so perhaps it is available here. This is a beautiful salad Kalyn.
Gary, I think Kalamata olives would be great; I was making it for a few people who I thought might not like Kalamatas, which is the only reason I used regular olives.
Kalyn, this sounds wonderful! I think it will be on the menu this weekend. Is there a reason that you used black olives as opposed to Kalamata olives?
Pam, I do love the whole wheat orzo, but I've also got to get you try my favorite whole wheat spaghetti. Those are the only two whole wheat pastas I'm very excited about.
Lydia, I think I like this better with the whole wheat orzo than I would with regular orzo; so good! Worth a trip to Whole Foods.
I have to get to Whole Foods for some whole wheat orzo. I never see it in my regular grocery store. There's not a single thing in this salad that I don't love, and I've got a bumper crop of oregano in the herb garden this year.
I love everything in this salad and since its healthy it sounds even better! Thanks so much for sharing!
Whole wheat orzo is the only whole wheat pasta that I like. This salad sounds perfect!