Olive Garden Salad

This Olive Garden Salad recipe is exactly like the restaurant house salad – tender greens, Roma tomatoes, red onions, olives, whole pepperoncini peppers, croutons and a classic creamy Italian salad dressing, all topped with freshly shaved Parmesan cheese!

Have you ever tried a dish in a restaurant that was SO good you just had to make it at home? This Olive Garden Salad Recipe is one of our favourite salads of all time and it tastes almost exactly like the Olive Garden Restaurant house salad.

Ingredients:

FOR THE CROUTONS:

4 slices french bread cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes

3 tablespoons olive oil

1/2 teaspoon dried parsley

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

FOR THE DRESSING:

6 tablespoons Classic Creamy Italian Salad Dressing recipe linked below

FOR THE SALAD:

8 cups green lettuce washed, dried and ripped into bite-sized pieces

3 small Roma tomatoes sliced

1 medium red onion thinly sliced

1/3 cup pitted black olives

8 mild pepperoncini peppers plus more, if desired

1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese