3 orzo with celery cranberries and Recipes

butter, olive oil, yellow red onion (if desired, use red onion if you choose to prepare this as a salad), diced celery, orzo pasta (cooked in vegetable or chicken broth and drained), dried cranberries (reduced from 3/4 cup), pecans (toasted ) or 1/2 cup sliced almonds (toasted), fresh basil (fresh only !), lemon juice, salt, cracked black pepper

pancetta (or prosciutto) diced small, yellow onion, chopped, garlic, minced, cabbage, chopped, green beans, trimmed, celery, diced, carrots, sliced, fennel, diced, zucchini, diced, russet potatoes, peeled and diced, beef broth, diced tomatoes (i use fire roasted), dry red wine, cranberry beans (or cannellini, kidney or pinto), orzo, parmesan rind, red swiss chard, chopped