Olive Garden Salad and Dressing Copycat Recipe

While I love the pasta at Olive Garden, I adore the unlimited Salad and bread sticks. I could eat these everyday and forgo the pasta.  Want to make a copycat version at home?  I experimented with several different versions, including a recipe found at CopyKat.com for delicious results. I did some slight adjustments and changed a couple of ingredients and the dressing was a huge hit.

Salad Ingredients:
1 (12 ounce) package of bagged Salad Mix with lettuce and carrots
1 small red onion, chopped into slices
1 medium sized Roma tomato, sliced
8 black olives
5 Pepperoncini peppers
1/2 cup croutons
2 Tablespoons freshly grated parmeson cheese

Dressing Ingredients:

1/2 cup mayonnaise

  • 1/3 cup white vinegar
  • 1 teaspoons vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons corn syrup
  • 4 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
  • 2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • 1  teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 4 Tablespoons minced fresh parsley
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 2 Tablespoons sugar
To make salad:  
Place salad mix in large bowl. On top of salad add onion, tomato slices, olives and peppers. Top with croutons and cheese.
To make dressing:
Mix all ingredients together in a shaker. Stir until well mixed. Mix the dressing through the salad or serve on the side for a lighter option.

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  5. Yummy ! This looks great, I’ll have to try it, thanks for sharing

  6. YUMMM… My favorite Salad in the world and you gave me the recipe to make it at home.. LOVE it. Thanks for sharing. Looks so simple, will have to try this weekend

  7. Yum! sounds like a great salad!

  8. yum i love their salad so thanks for sharing this 🙂

  9. I absolutely love Olive Garden’s dressing, so much that I’ve been tempted to buy a bottle of it several times here recently. Thank you SO much for sharing, I’m definitely going to make this very soon 🙂

  10. The salad doesn’t sound like my type but the dressing sounds delicious.

  11. We just got take-out from the Olive Garden on Monday night and I was so excited to have their salad with their special dressing. I can’t wait to try this recipe!

  12. I have to try this I love olive gardens salad and dressing!

  13. Great copycat job! I LOVE that place and this must happen at my house soon!

  14. How cool. I love it. I love getting different variations of salad recipes.