Tammy's Recipes

A delicious crunchy and creamy Italian salad featuring lettuce, black olives, red onion, tomato, peppers, coutons, and parmesan cheese, topped with a homemade creamy Italian salad dressing (recipe included)

Salad Ingredients:

1 bag American Blend Dole Mix
4-5 slices red onion
1 can Black Olives chopped or sliced
2-4 Pepperoncini peppers
1/2 cup or more Croutons
1 Tomato, chopped
Freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Dressing Ingredients:

1/2 cup Mayonnaise
1/3 cup White Vinegar
1 Tbsp. Vegetable oil
2 Tbsp. Corn Syrup
2 Tbsp. Parmesan cheese
2 Tbsp Romano cheese
1/2 tsp Garlic salt or clove
1/2 tsp Italian Seasoning
1/2 tsp. Parsley Flakes
1 Tbsp. Lemon Juice

1. Combine salad ingredients and toss.

2. Whirl all dressing ingredients in the blender and pour over salad, coating well. Toss if desired. Sprinkle parmesan cheese over top and serve.

This recipe and photos were submitted by guest chef Jaclynn R.

She notes that, "Any mix of lettuce/spinach/greens will work, whatever you like or have on hand. I often use the regular dried Parmesan as it is always on hand. You can add other chopped cheeses too if you want. I used homemade goat cheese the last time and it was delicious!"