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Olive Garden Salad Recipe

Olive Garden Salad Recipe

  • Author: Lorenzo Devereaux
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Description

This Olive Garden Salad Recipe is crisp, colorful, tangy, and packed with that classic restaurant flavor I always crave. It is one of my favorite easy recipe ideas for a quick lunch, light dinner, simple side dish, or fresh addition to pasta night. With crunchy lettuce, juicy tomatoes, red onion, olives, pepperoncini, parmesan, croutons, and zesty Italian dressing, this copycat salad brings restaurant-style flavor home in minutes and fits perfectly into your collection of easy dinner ideas, fresh salad recipes, and food ideas for family meals.

Ingredients

6 cups chopped romaine lettuce

2 cups chopped iceberg lettuce

2 medium tomatoes, cut into wedges

1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion

1/2 cup sliced black olives

6 whole pepperoncini peppers

1 cup garlic croutons

1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese

1/2 cup Italian dressing

Instructions

1. Wash and thoroughly dry the romaine and iceberg lettuce.

2. Chop the romaine and iceberg into bite-sized pieces and place them in a large salad bowl.

3. Add the tomato wedges, sliced red onion, black olives, and pepperoncini peppers.

4. Top the salad with garlic croutons and grated parmesan cheese.

5. Drizzle the Italian dressing over the salad just before serving.

6. Toss gently until everything is evenly coated.

7. Serve immediately while the lettuce is crisp and the croutons are crunchy.

Notes

For the best texture, keep the dressing separate until the last minute so the lettuce stays crisp.

If you want the closest restaurant-style flavor, use fresh parmesan and chilled ingredients before tossing.

  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Category: Salad
  • Method: No-Cook
  • Cuisine: Italian-American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 serving
  • Calories: 180
  • Sugar: 4g
  • Sodium: 620mg
  • Fat: 12g
  • Saturated Fat: 3g
  • Unsaturated Fat: 8g
  • Trans Fat: 0g
  • Carbohydrates: 15g
  • Fiber: 3g
  • Protein: 4g
  • Cholesterol: 8mg

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