orzo salad with spicy buttermilk dressing

Ingredients For orzo salad with spicy buttermilk dressing

• SALAD:
• 1 c

  orzo pasta, uncooked
• 1 c

  corn
• 12

  cherry tomatoes, quartered
• 3

  green onions, sliced
• 15 oz

  can black beans, drained and rinsed
• DRESSING:
• 1/4 c

  buttermilk (low fat ok)
• 3 Tbsp

  fresh cilantro, chopped and divided
• 3 Tbsp

  fresh lime juice
• 2 Tbsp

  sour cream (light ok)
• 2 Tbsp

  mayonnaise
• 1 tsp

  chili powder
• 1/2 tsp

  kosher salt
• 1/4 tsp

  black pepper
• 1/4 tsp

  ground red pepper
• 2 clove

  garlic, minced
• GARNISH:
• 1

  avocado, peeled and pitted, cut into 8 slices
• 1 Tbsp

  fresh parsley, chopped