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Olive Garden Salad Dressing is one of the best things at the restaurant, and now you can make it at home! Instead of having to go to the restaurant, you can have this tasty dressing anytime you crave it!

We all love a good copycat recipe that we can make from home! Have your soup and salad at home with these Olive Garden favorites, Gnocchi, Pasta e Fagioli, and Zuppa Toscana Soup.

Olive garden salad dressing in a glass jar,

Homemade Olive Garden Salad Dressing

There are just those restaurants that you go to for specific reasons, and Olive Garden is one I go to for their endless salad. It is fresh and the perfect combination of flavors that are just divine. But what really makes the salad sing is the dressing. It's zesty, bright, and refreshing! Now you do not have to fight the crowds to enjoy their famous Olive Garden salad dressing with this perfect combination.

Make this Olive Garden salad dressing fresh and within five minutes of sitting down to dinner. Create a healthy, free from additives, preservatives and other things that you just do not need kind of salad with this dressing! Plus when you make it from scratch this olive garden dressing can be customized to your tastes. This copycat dressing is super easy and quick to make and you can have it on your salad in minutes!

Ingredients for Italian Salad Dressing

With only 5 ingredients, you can whip this up whenever you have an intense craving in no time flat. This Olive Garden dressing is so tasty with a slight zing, you crave it on all your salads.

  • Italian dressing mix: Make your own for the best results.
  • Olive Oil: A definite must for this luscious dressing.
  • White vinegar: This won't add color, just that tangy sour flavor of a good dressing.
  • Water: Thins out the dressing to your desired consistency.
  • Mayonnaise: Creates a bit of creaminess and mellows the vinegar.

How to Make Olive Garden Salad Dressing

With such few ingredients, it's crazy how simple it is, and even crazier how delicious this tastes! In a medium sized bowl whisk dressing mix, olive oil, white vinegar, water and mayonnaise. It is the perfect combination!

Mixing all the ingredients in a glass bowl with a whisk.

The Best Copycat Olive Garden Dressing

Simple and delicious, that's the best way to cook! Knowing everything in your dressing is even better. Be prepared to be wowed with this copycat dressing!

  • Mix: You can use a simple whisk to mix this or a blender to really emulsify it.
  • Let it rest: Let the flavors meld together by letting it sit in the fridge for an hour at least before serving.
  • Store it: Store in a jar with a tight-fitting lid for up to three weeks. Shake well before each use.
  • Fresh: Make sure your Italian dressing mix and olive oil are fresh so the flavors are at their best.
All whisked up and ready to use.

How to Use Olive Garden Dressing

This dressing is not just for a green salad, although if that is all you used it for that would be fine. You can enjoy this incredible Olive Garden dressing on so much more. Use the dressing as a marinade for chicken and steak before grilling or air frying. Drizzle it over roasted or grilled vegetables. And let's not forget the pasta!  This dressing is a must for some of the best pasta salads ever! Try it on these and just see how it adds to the flavor.

Pouring the olive garden salad dressing over a salad.
  • 1 packet Italian dressing mix or homemade Italian Salad Dressing Mix
  • 3/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/3 cup white vinegar
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2 Tablespoons Mayonnaise

  • In a medium sized bowl whisk Italian dressing mix, olive oil, white vinegar, water and mayonnaise.

Serves: 24

Calories 68 kcal (3%) Carbohydrates 1 g Protein 1 g (2%) Fat 8 g (12%) Saturated Fat 1 g (5%) Trans Fat 1 g Cholesterol 1 mg Sodium 8 mg Potassium 1 mg Sugar 1 g (1%) Vitamin A 1 IU Calcium 1 mg Iron 1 mg (6%)

All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe and nutritional value will vary depending on the brands you use, measuring methods and portion sizes per household.

Course Dressing

Cuisine Italian, Italian American

Keyword copycat olive garden salad dressing, olive garden dressing, olive garden salad dressing

Alyssa Rivers

I am Alyssa and the blogger behind The Recipe Critic. I started my blog in June of 2012 as a place to share my passion for cooking. I love trying new things and testing them out with my family.

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