Insalata di riso = rice salad is a dish that many Italian coffee bars offer for lunch together with their panini and tramezzini and other ready to eat lunch items. Usually made with a white rice especially made for this dish not found in the USA but easily adaptable to either farro or orzo, but even black or red rice all of which are readily available and can be more healthy grain or grainlike ingredients. A "chicco" is a single grain in Italian. We always use whole wheat orzo if we go that route which in this rendition of the standard dish we took. But orzo would also have been great.
bob searched the web in Italian to find a recipe in Italian hoping it would be more authentic, and this one seemed like it was a good start. With a little addition of cannellini to boost the protein content. The original recipe was full of gram units but this is America here. We don't do grams. And its title indicated no fuss, quick results. We had some leftover zucchini in the fridge, and always have canned tuna on hand, so this find ended our search. We are always looking for new ways to use zucchini and don't incorporate canned tuna enough in our cuisine. Win win here.
We were surprised at how tasty this turned out. bob ate 3 helpings to finish up the rest that Ani left after her 2 helpings. So it is worth remembering, even sharing. What do you think? You won't know until you give it a try.