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I really love the Olive Garden.
Love those heavenly bread sticks dipped in a little Zupa Toscana.
Down right fabulous.
Love the crisp salad dressed with their
wonderful, flavorful dressing.
Exceptionally fabulous!
Love going there with friends and family and MyHandsomeHusband.
Not really the same if he doesn’t come along.
He makes my world go round, you know.
Makes everything fabulous….
And I need, I need
I need – I need
fabulous!
This homemade Olive Garden Salad Dressing recipe is
fabulous
to say the least.
I can’t say it is EXACTLY the same as the good old OG.
It is a little creamier but just as flavorful and wonderful
and
fabulous!
Make some today…..everyone deserves fabulous!
Especially you!
Ingredients
- SALAD INGREDIENTS:
- 2 romaine lettuce hearts (you just want the hearts, they will give you a crisp crunchy texture.)
- 3 Roma tomatoes
- 1/2 red onion
- 1/2 C medium sized olives
- 1 C croutons
- 1/4 C Parmesan cheese
- DRESSING:
- 1/2 C mayonnaise
- 1/3 C white vinegar
- 1 t Canola oil
- 2 T corn syrup
- 4 T Parmesan cheese
- 1 t minced garlic
- 1/2 t Italian Seasoning
- 1/2 t parsley, dried
- 1 T lemon juice
Instructions
1. Combine all dressing ingredients in a blender or small food processor and mix until well combined.
2. Chop your lettuce, tomatoes and red onion. Add your olives, croutons and Parmesan cheese. Toss to combine.
3. Pour dressing over the top. Toss to coat and serve immediately.
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I’m in heaven. This recipe is FABULOUS, Darling! Thanks so much!
Great Blog
To Tori (Feb 6, 2100): I not only don’t “need” sugar, I can’t have it, period, for medical reasons. I’ve also for seven years been restricted to more than 30 grams/day of ANY sort of carbohydrates. So instead of giving up my foodie ways, I invested in a bottle of liquid sucralose, sold under a variety of different brand names (the one in my pantry right now is Sweetzfree: http://www.sweetzfree.com). IT IS NOT CHEAP, but since only a drop or two replaces an awful lot of sugar, my $64 4-oz. bottle is still more than 80% full after using it several times a week for almost four years! Only one minor drawback: it can’t produce that crunchy glaze we all love about brown sugar- or molasses-based BBQ sauces. In a recipe like this, however, you might want to give it a try!
Great recipe! Thanks!
Would like to know how much sugar to use instead of the bad corn syrup you have listed. I don’t use the stuff–it’s terrible for you! Even in that small amount! Thank you!
I have to disagree that there is not one drop of mayo in Olive Gardens salad dressing it is way to clear to have mayo in it its more of a Balsamic Italian dressing then it is a mayo type dressing so you need to pay attention to food more then assuming that it has mayo in its not a mayo dressing
My family loves the Olive Garden salad so much, my wife went on line and voila the recipe. I put it together tonight for dinner and everyone raved about how great it was. I am going to try it in my foods class with my students that love the O.G salad as well. Loving my magic bullet. Use a whole lemon if you want everyone to drool when they eat it!!!!!
When making your dressing and you add Parmesan cheese are you adding the shredded or the grated or does it matter?