Anyone else ever crave that delicious Olive Garden Fresh Garden Salad?! I love it so much that I knew I needed a copycat recipe I could make at home anytime the craving came!
We like to serve it with this Olive Garden Shrimp Scampi Copycat Recipe (without Wine) or this Olive Garden {Copycat} Grilled Chicken Flatbread Pizza, and you obviously can’t have these Olive Garden Breadsticks Copycat Recipe and this Instant Pot Pasta E Fagioli Soup (Olive Garden Copycat) without the Salad!
Ingredients needed to make Olive Garden Fresh Garden Salad Copycat Recipe:
12 ounces (1 bag) American Salad Blend (I used Dole brand)
1/3 red onion, sliced
12-15 black olives (more or less, Olive Garden doesn’t use too many, but you can add as many as you want)
2-4 whole banana peppers
1/2 cup croutons
1 tomato, quartered (you can cut into smaller pieces if you prefer)
freshly grated Parmesan cheese (for topping)
What about the dressing?
We’ve included the ingredients and instructions to make Olive Garden’s famous salad dressing below, but if you’re short on time you can actually buy it here!
How to make Olive Garden Fresh Garden Salad:
Place bag of salad in a large bowl.
Place red onion, black olives, banana peppers, tomatoes, and croutons on top of salad. Add some freshly grated Parmesan cheese if you like, and add plenty of Olive Garden salad dressing on top. You can add more or less of each ingredient depending on your preference.
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Olive Garden Fresh Garden Salad Copycat Recipe
Ingredients
Olive Garden Fresh Garden Salad Copycat
- 12 ounces American Salad Blend, (1 bag, I use Dole brand)
- ⅓ red onion, sliced
- 12-15 black olives, (more or less, Olive Garden doesn't use too many, but you can add as many as you want)
- 2-4 whole banana peppers
- ½ cup croutons
- 1 tomato, quartered, (you can cut into smaller pieces if you prefer)
- freshly grated parmesan cheese, for topping
Olive Garden Salad Dressing Copycat
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ⅓ cup white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 2 Tablespoons corn syrup
- 2 Tablespoons parmesan cheese
- 2 Tablespoons Romano cheese
- ¼ teaspoon garlic salt, (or one clove garlic minced)
- ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
- ½ teaspoon parsley flakes
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
Equipment
Instructions
Olive Garden Fresh Garden Salad Copycat
- Place bag of salad in a large bowl.
- Place red onion, black olives, banana peppers, tomatoes, and croutons on top of salad. Add some freshly grated Parmesan cheese if you like, and add plenty of Olive Garden salad dressing on top. You can add more or less of each ingredient depending on your preference.
Olive Garden Salad Dressing
- Blend all ingredients together and chill until ready to use. The dressing will be more of a white color, but will taste very similar to Olive Garden’s House Dressing.
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