Description
This salad with it's dressing is wonderfully authentic in taste to the salad served at the "olive garden" restaurants. The dressing recipe makes enough dressing to cover a large bowl of salad.
Ingredients
- Mayonnaise
- White Vinegar
- Vegetable Oil
- Corn Syrup
- Parmesan Cheese
- Romano Cheese
- Fresh Garlic Clove
- Italian Seasoning
- Parsley Flakes
- Lemon Juice
- Sugar
- Dole Italian Salad Variety
- Purple Onions
- Jumbo Black Olives
- Banana Peppers
- Crouton
- Roma Tomatoes
- Pepper
Instructions
- For the dressing: mix the first eleven ingredients in a blender until well mixed
- If this is a little to tart for your own personal taste, add 1 tablespoon of sugar
- For the salad: pour 1 / 2 package of the salad blend into a large salad bowl
- Top with 1 / 2 of the onion, olives, banana peppers, croutons and tomatoes
- Add dressing to taste and toss well
- Add the other 1 / 2 bag of salad and more dressing to taste
- Toss well
- Top the salad with the remaining onion, olives, banana peppers, croutons and tomatoes
- Pass the grated parmesan cheese and black pepper mill at the table