Olive Garden Style House Salad with Italian Dressing

Olive Garden Style Salad, complete with juicy tomatoes, zesty pepperoncini peppers, black olives, red onions, and crunchy croutons, topped with shredded parmesan cheese.

Perfect for summertime get-togethers, paired with steaks, grilled chicken, and seafood. The Copycat Olive Garden House Salad can be served before the main dish, or as a side, or as the main dish by adding diced grilled chicken. 

What's in the Copycat Olive Garden  House Salad

For the Salad:

• I use the Lettuce trio bag (9 oz.) of the iceberg, romaine, and green leaf lettuce. 
• Red onion, thinly sliced
• Pepperoncini
• Black olives, whole
• Garlic Herb croutons
• Parmesan cheese, shaved or shredded
• Roma tomatoes, sliced or wedged

For the Salad Dressing:

• Olive oil
• Italian dressing mix packet
• White wine vinegar
• Water
• Italian seasoning
• Black pepper
• Garlic powder
• Miracle Whip
• Salt

This salad can be made in less than 20 minutes, the dressing will take 5 minutes to put together but will need to be refrigerated for at least 1 hour before serving. 

• Just toss together all salad ingredients in a large bowl.

• Whip up dressing ingredients and refrigerate. Salad dressing will last 1 week in the refrigerator.

That's it! a salad you will probably be making time after time.

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Olive Garden Copycat House Salad with dressing
Author: Nani Fyant
Preparation Time: 15 minutes + 1 hr dressing chill
Servings: 4-6 servings

Olive Garden Style Salad, complete with juicy tomatoes, zesty pepperoncini peppers, black olives, red onions, and crunchy croutons, topped with shredded parmesan cheese.

Ingredients:

• 9 oz. bag Lettuce Trio Salad Mix
• 1/2 large red onion, thinly sliced
• 10 pepperoncini
• 1/2 cup black olives
• 1 cup Garlic herb croutons
• 2-3 Roma tomatoes, sliced or wedged
• 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, shaved or shredded
Dressing
• 3/4 cup olive oil
• 1 packet Italian dressing mix
• 1/3 cup white wine vinegar
• 2 tbsp water
• 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 2 tbsp Miracle Whip
• 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions:

1. Place all salad ingredients in a large bowl, and toss to mix
Dressing instructions:
2. Use a whisk to mix all the ingredients completely together. Refrigerate for at least an hour to marinate the flavor