Olive Garden Salad Dressing with their classic tossed salad brings their ayce bowl of yumminess into your home, DIY.
Olive Garden Salad Dressing
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
Olive Garden Salad Dressing with their big bowl salad is my recipe of the day with the blogging group Supper Club Saturday. We group together to a potluck of our recipes from the past month. There will generally be a variety.
Jump to Recipe~Print Recipe
Olive Garden Salad Before Adding Dressing
I thought I would give you a good look at the salad itself before I tossed it with the dressing.
The salad has basic ingredients of a lettuce mix, red onion, black olives, croutons, pepperoncini, and finely shredded Parmesan cheese. Make sure you add plenty of the veggies and stuff- the restaurant bowls always run out, don’t they?
Olive Garden Salad Dressing in a Cruet
Here is a picture of the dressing in a cruet, since once it gets on the salad it is harder to see.
The dressing is very creamy and flavorful, just as you’d expect. I taste tested the dressing against a purchased bottle. And I also looked over the ingredients. If something wasn’t needed, I didn’t add it. And this dressing tastes pretty much dead on.
Olive Garden Salad Tossed with Dressing
Here the dressing is tossed with the salad. The proper way is to drizzle on the dressing and then lift the lettuces from underneath. So that they tumble like laundry in a dryer.
This is to keep from bruising the lettuces or weighing it down. If you put all the dressing dumped in one spot and try to stir, it will not be as light.
Your dressing should keep fine in the fridge for several weeks if you don’t use it all. I have an antipasto salad coming up that uses this dressing as well. Look for it soon! We love Italian dressing around here.
Great for pizza night!
Supper Club Saturday
Welcome to Supper Club Saturday #2 (February 2022)
- Easy In A Minute Super Thick Mayonnaise from Sneha’s Recipe
- Leftover Turkey Salad (Sandwiches) from Making Miracles
- Olive Garden Salad Dressing from Palatable Pastime
- Pork Tenderloin with Roasted Grapes from A Day in the Life on the Farm
- Ratatouille with Cheese from Patyco Candy Bar
- Rose Chia Pudding from Magical Ingredients
- Steak Diane from Art of Natural Living
Olive Garden Salad Dressing
You Might Also Like:
Creamy Parmesan Salad Dressing
Creamy Parmesan Salad Dressing is a homemade Italian dressing similar to Caesar but without any anchovies.
Thousand Island Salad Dressing
Easy to make Thousand Island dressing from scratch.
Easy Caesar Salad Dressing
Quick and simple Caesar salad whisks up the Mexican salad dressing in just minutes for an easy toss-to-table meal accompaniment.
Buttermilk Ranch Dressing
Fried Green Tomato BLT Salad combines the tasty Southern classic and your fave bacon sandwich with a fresh ranch dressing made from scratch.
Creamy Italian Salad Dressing
Creamy Italian Salad Dressing is an easy retro salad dressing that reminds me of one made at Pizza Hut in years past.
Olive Garden Salad Dressing

Olive Garden Salad Dressing
Equipment
- 1 Blender
Ingredients
Salad (4 servings):
- 11 ounce package chopped salad
- 1 roma tomato
- 3 slices red onion (separated into rings)
- 6 pitted black olives
- 4 pepperoncini
- 1/2 cup croutons
- pinch salt
- pinch black pepper
- 1/4 cup finely shredded Parmesan cheese
Salad Dressing (1-1/2 cups):
- 1/2 cup white wine vinegar
- 6 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 6 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon garlic paste
- 3 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon diced pimiento peppers
- 1/2 teaspoon annato oil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
Salad:
- Arrange salad ingredients in a large bowl.
Dressing:
- Place all ingredients except the olive oil in a blender and mix.
- With the blender running, add the oil in a thin stream through the chute and continue mixing until it emulsifies.
- To serve, toss desired amount with salad.
Notes
Nutrition
Don’t Forget to Pin and Save the Recipe!
Join my recipe group on Facebook. For more recipes from blogger friends around the world!
Palatable Recipes
Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links. Which offer sources for ingredients and equipment, if needed. Clicking on them doesn’t cost you anything. But helps pay the electric bill. And keeps the blog lights on. Should you purchase anything during your visit! Thanks for your support.
Olive Garden does have great salads and dressing. I am anxious to try your version which is absolutely gorgeous by the way.
I love this salad! With your recipe, I don’t have to order, I can make it at home!
This recipe is a keeper!
A delicious dressing. I’m running to do it!