Copycat Olive Garden Salad Dressing Recipe (2024)

ByCorey CreatedAugust 13, 2014September 20, 2020 UpdatedSeptember 20, 2020

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Olive Garden seems to be know for so many favorites. Alfredo pasta, Zuppa Toscana, Pasta e Fagioli, those bread stick and my favorite….the crunchy, endless salad. I’m not gonna lie though…I probably wouldn’t love the salad as much without their famous dressing. YUM!

Well folks, now you can have that delicious salad dressing whenever you want! To top it off, it’s SUPER EASY to make! Go grab your favorite salad and let’s get shakin’!

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Copycat Olive Garden Salad Dressing Recipe

1 packet Italian Dressing Mix
3/4 cup oil (vegetable/canola)
1/4 cup olive oil
1 Tablespoon mayonnaise
1/3 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup water
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp dried Italian seasoning
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp garlic powder
OPTIONAL: 1/4 cup shredded or gratedRomano&Parmesan cheese to sprinkle on top of your salad

Using a whisking dressing mixer, mix all ingredients until thoroughly combined. Refrigerate for at least an hour to marinate flavors.
Use right away, or can be stored in and airtight container, in the refrigerator for about 3 weeks.

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Copycat Olive Garden Salad Dressing Recipe

Author Corey Valley

Who doesn't love Olive Garden's salad? Now you can make your favorite salad dressing whenever you want with this Copycat Olive Garden Salad Dressing Recipe!

Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

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Ingredients

▢ 1 packet Italian Dressing Mix
▢ 3/4 cup oil vegetable/canola
▢ 1/4 cup olive oil
▢ 1 Tablespoon mayonnaise
▢ 1/3 cup white vinegar
▢ 1/4 cup water
▢ 1/2 tsp sugar
▢ 1/2 tsp dried Italian seasoning
▢ 1/2 tsp salt
▢ 1/4 tsp pepper
▢ 1/4 tsp garlic powder
▢ OPTIONAL: 1/4 cup shredded or grated Romano & Parmesan cheese to sprinkle on top of your salad

Instructions

Using a whisk or dressing mixer, mix all ingredients until thoroughly combined. Refrigerate for at least an hour to marinate flavors.
Use right away, or can be stored in and airtight container, in the refrigerator for about 3 weeks.

Nutrition

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Yummy! Tried this last night.
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1. Yay! I am so glad you liked it 🙂
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Finally! So much flavor, so much tang! (I’ve been eating it with a spoon.) I’ve been looking for a recipe with little to no sugar.
Value added: It made my boring chicken soup really good.
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I made this dressing and it’s soooooo delicious…making more for this week because it’s all gone 🙂 Thank you!
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1. So happy you loved it 🙂
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What’s the difference between the Italian dressing mix to the Italian seasoning?
googled Both and the have same ingredients in them.. Confused..
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1. italian dressing mix has things like salt, sugar, garlic, onion, bell pepper, thickening agent, etc.
  italian seasoning is just green herbs. (basil, oregano, rosemary, etc.)
  hope that helps 🙂
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Delicious!!!!!!!!!! Thank-you!
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hey, how much is a packet of dressing?
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1. 1 packet of Italian dressing mix is 0.7oz
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Very good!!! We enjoy Olive Garden salad and can have that wonderful taste made at home. Thank you!
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HI, I love Olive Garden dressing and use it on 1 to 2 big salads a day. Unfortunately I’m having to cut back on my sodium intake or start taking medications. I took a look at the nutritional values on my bottle of dressing and realized I was taking in a huge part of my daily sodium intake with the dressing. I would love to try your dressing recipe and I was wondering if you knew how I might be able to reduce the amount of sodium.
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1. It’s a great recipe. Try omitting the extra 1/2 tsp salt, it’s already in the Italian Dressing mix. We did that and didn’t miss the extra salt at all.
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  1. We use Crystal Diamond salt for everything – it has less than half the sodium of regular salt. No difference in taste.
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2. Salad dressings are huge sources of sodium so you really need to make your own if you can. You can find a copycat recipe for the Good Seasoning dressing mix……try that, or one that we found that is equally excellent is the Panera Bread branded Balsamic dressing that you can buy in grocery stores.
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3. Have you tried using that stuff called no salt? To my husband and I, it tastes the same.
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Made this and it turned out really good! I’ve made it twice!
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As someone who is obsessed with Olive Garden’s salad, I found that it needed a little bit more white wine vinegar to really get that thing. It definitely helps get a lot closer to the Olive Garden dressing taste. Don’t forget to put your plate in the freezer, prep all of your ingredients and stick them in the freezer for a good five minutes beforehand ( including the dressing! ) then take it out, add the dressing tossed salad add some Parmesan on it it is so amazing! Nothing better than a super cold crunchy take a salad.
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1. I love salads but do like cold salads. I like mine room temperature, and I even like warm roasted vegetable salad with a dressing. I haven’t tried this yet, but will make this week.
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2. It’s White Vinegar. (Not wine vinegar) if your dressing is missing the extra tang-this is why. Also – Olive Garden emulsifies with egg yolks, not mayo.
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