Olive Garden (Italian Restaurant) is one of the restaurants in our area that we go a lot mainly because they have the best garden salad. What ever salad dressing they drizzle on it, it's the best! Every now and then, I personally crave for a taste of their crisp, refreshing salad. If only, we can enjoy them at the comfort of our home whenever we feel like it without the hassle of driving to the restaurant would be great! So why not bring them home? After few searches...I found this recipe, although it's not the authentic one but close enough and the flavor does not disappoint, either.
Really, you can create your own salad mix however you prefer but I tried to put most of the ingredients together that they have in the restaurant to get the looks and flavor as close as I can to satiate that cravings.
DRESSING:
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup white vinegar
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 tablespoons corn syrup
2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons Romano cheese
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt, or one clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1/2 teaspoon parsley flakes
1 tablespoon lemon juice
sugar (optional)
SALAD MIX:
heart of Romaine lettuce, chopped
Roma tomatoes, chopped
sliced red onions
sliced black olives
peperoncini
Parmesan cheese, shavings (optional)
Place all ingredients in a blender until well mixed. If this is a little too tart for your own personal taste, add a little extra sugar. Cover and store in the fridge for an hour or so to meld all the flavor. Drizzle into your favorite salad mix.
You can enjoy this Olive Garden salad dressing for about 10 days if stored in an airtight container in a refrigerator.
Yield: serves 10
Recipe courtesy: CopyKat Recipes
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