Italian Salad Dressing

This homemade Italian Salad Dressing tastes just like the restaurant version. Learn how to make this salad at home for your family and friends!

Olive Garden Salad Dressing Ingredients

• Lettuce
• Vine Ripened Tomatoes
• Large Black olives
• Red onions
• Pepperoncinis (These are jarred and are found in the same section as the pickles/olives)
• Croutons (You can actually purchase Olive Garden’s Croutons
• Parmesan cheese

Best Olive Oil for Salad Dressing

-Make sure you use high quality extra virgin olive oil when making this recipe. In turn, it’ll yield a high quality salad dressing and will ensure that the olive oil remains in liquid form when refrigerated.

Storing Leftover Salad

• Prepared salad should be refrigerated as soon as possible in an airtight container, free from as much moisture as possible.
• Salad can’t be frozen, lettuce that has been frozen or even chilled at too low of a temperature ruins it’s consistency and freshness. Once that’s happened, it can’t be recovered.
• Refrigerated salad lasts anywhere from 1-3 days, it’s only as good until the least-fresh ingredient in the salad begins to go bad.

Servings: 24 servings

Italian Salad Dressing

Prep Time 5 MINS

Total Time 5 MINS

Author Zeeshan

Course SALAD

Cuisine: ITALIAN

Ingredients

• 7 oz. Italian Dressing Mix
• 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, high-quality olive oil yields much better results in this recipe
• ¼ cup + 2 Tablespoons distilled white vinegar
• ¼ cup water
• ½ teaspoon sugar
• ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ Tablespoon mayo, not miracle whip

Instructions

• Mix everything thoroughly together and refrigerate. That’s it!
• Mixture will settle upon sitting, simply shake before each use.
• This will keep for 4 weeks in the refrigerator.
• 2 Tablespoons = 1 serving

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION

Calories: 64, Fat: 6g, Sodium: 137mg, Calcium: 1%, Iron: 0.1%