I have been wanting to do this post F-O-R-E-V-E-R!!  Like, you guys have no idea.  I have been longing to do something with sun dried tomatoes just because I think they are going to be my new fetish along with a cold rice or pasta salad.  I have such a bad thing for sun dried tomatoes that I thought it'd be fun for me to make them myself!  Only to find out that they have to be in the oven for like oodles of hours…and I just can't commit myself to that right now.

I ran into a few issues while making this so don't be like me!  I based this recipe off of an Orzo recipe which at the time I didn't know it is just pure wheat!  (Duh!)  I also didn't figure that out until I was already at the grocery store so then I was like oh crap now what am I supposed to do!?  Long story short, I decided on a rice angel hair noodle that I broke up into smaller pieces before cooking. However, I think if you could find a long grain, non-sticky rice that would be ideal.  Don't get me wrong this tasted great but making this adjustment will just save yourself from a little bit of hassle.  Then I 100% forgot about the feta until right before I served this for dinner! So, I apologize for there being no feta in my photos but please don't forget it because it is totally worth it!

I am amazed that I finally made this recipe on this particular weekend because I do believe this is the most productive I have ever been on a weekend. In addition to that, I was able to pull off finishing two other recipes as well. Crazy!  Then I also took these photos in the RAW format instead of JPEG so I had to teach myself how to edit and convert these images into beautiful and blog compatible photographs.  Again, I've been very busy these past few day!



INGREDIENTS:

• 1 lbs long grain white rice
• 1 c black olives
• 1/2 c red onion
• 7 oz sun-dried tomatoes
• 1 c spinach
• 1/2 c feta
• 3 tbsp mint (I think basil would work great too)
• 2 tsp oregano seasoning 
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• pepper to taste