Article: OFFERING NEW CHOICES Put some pizazz into those potluck dinners Cheeses gives orzo salad, olive puffs and squash casserole added flavor

Tired of taking the same old dishes to potluck dinners?

Try one of these choices, all of which are flavored in part with cheese.

There's a pasta salad with that funky rice-shaped pasta, orzo; a finger-food choice olive cheese puffs, which can be made ahead and frozen; and a cheesy squash casserole.

Orzo Salad

11/2 cups uncooked orzo pasta

1 medium zucchini, diced

10 kalamata olives, pitted and sliced

4 green onions, thinly sliced

1 rib celery, thinly sliced

1 red bell pepper, finely diced

1/3 cup minced fresh parsley

1/3 cup olive oil

2 tablespoons red wine vinegar

3 garlic cloves, minced

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1 tablespoon dried dillweed

1/4 teaspoon salt

Pepper to taste

4 ounces ...

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