Olive Garden Salad (Copycat)

Halcyon Eve's Note:

My whole family loves Olive Garden's Salad! There are already a couple of recipes here for the dressing, so here is a recipe for the salad itself.

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 (12 ounce) bag iceberg garden salad
• ¼ small red onion , sliced paper-thin
• 6 -12 pitted black olives
• 6 mild pepperoncini peppers
• 1 -2 small roma tomato , sliced
• ½ cup crouton
• Italian dressing (or use a recipe for Olive Garden's House Dressing)
• freshly grated parmesan cheese , to taste
• fresh ground black pepper , to taste

Directions:

1. In a large glass or wooden salad serving bowl, toss together the lettuce mix, onion slices, olives, pepperoncini, tomatoes, and croutons. Add dressing and toss to combine.
2. Serve with fresh Parmesan cheese and black pepper to taste.

Reviews

[Country Diva]

VERY TASTY!! My 2 1/2 yr old had three helpings, and I gave myself a slight tummy ache! Our go to salad when we want Italian.

[nclpalacios]

Just like the real thing!

[Chef T in Atlanta, Georgia]

Really good. I added more tomatoes and less onion just to personal taste. But a very good easy to follow receipe!