Salad Recipes: Homemade Roquefort Salad Dressing, Middle East Pear Salad, Italian Tortellini Salad

If you love salads and homemade salad dressings, this article is for you.    Select from recipes for your own Homemade Roquefort Salad Dressing, which can be stored in the refrigerator in a covered jar, Middle East Pear Salad, using fruit and yogurt, or Tortellini Broccoli Salad.  Now how’s that for variety?

ROQUEFORT SALAD DRESSING

1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp vinegar
2 tbsp lemon juice
3-oz crumbled Roquefort cheese

Place all ingredients in blender container. Blend together for 1 minute. Stir mixture well. Store in the refrigerator in a covered container or jar.

MIDDLE EAST PEAR SALAD

1 can (29-ounce) pear halves, chilled & drained
1 cup plain yogurt
1/4 cup sugar
Ground cinnamon for garnish
Lettuce leaves

Place lettuce leaves on serving plate and top with pear halves, cut side up. Combine the yogurt and sugar together in a small bowl; mix well. Spoon yogurt mixture into the pear cavities. Sprinkle cinnamon over the top.

ITALIAN TORTELLINI SALAD

1 pkg (7-oz) cheese filled spinach tortellini
8 oz provolone cheese, cubed
1 small tomato, coarsely chopped
1/2 small green bell pepper, cut into thin strips
1/2 cup sliced pitted ripe olives, drained
4 green onions, sliced
1/2 cup Italian salad dressing
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Cook tortellini according to package directions. Drain tortellini in a colander. Place colander in a massive bowl of cover cold water. Let stand for 5 minutes. Drain well. Transfer tortellini to a serving bowl. Add cubed provolone cheese, tomato, pepper strips, olives, and green onions. Pour dressing over the mixture. Toss gently to coat. Top with grated Parmesan and toss lightly.

Enjoy!

Salad Recipes: Homemade Roquefort Salad Dressing, Middle East Pear Salad, Italian Tortellini Salad

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Q&A: Can anyone please tell me how to make “real” Italian salad dressing from scratch.?

Question by coo-coo for CoCo Pops: Can anyone please tell me how to make “real” Italian salad dressing from scratch.?
I go to an excellent Italian restaurant and they make their own Italian salad dressing and will not part with their recipe. I even asked them if they do or could sell one bottle but they are adament?

Best answer:

Answer by jers
ITALIAN SALAD DRESSING

1 c. red wine vinegar
2 c. oil
3 tsp. salt
2 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. garlic salt
6 tsp. sugar
1 sm. red onion
1/4 c. water

Place all ingredients in blender and process. Makes 1 quart.

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The Olive Garden House Salad Dressing Recipe – How To Make It At Home For Your Own Dinner Table

One of the things I like ideal about dinner (or lunch for that matter) at Olive Garden is the huge bowl of their home salad that accompanies each meal. Sharing that salad for some reason makes me thing of sharing a family meal, instead of just intake out. And let’s grappling it … the Olive Garden home salad is just plain delicious. I just had to come up with a version at home that we could have with some of our own favorite meal, right in my kitchen at the dinner table. Here’s my version of this favourite salad dish.

Olive Garden Home Salad Dressing Recipe

1/2 cup mayonnaise 1/3 cup white vinegar 1 teaspoon vegetable oil 2 tablespoons corn syrup 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese 2 tablespoons Romano cheese 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning 1/2 teaspoon parsley flakes 1 containerful lemon juice

You can mix this one of two ways. The fastest is to simply toss everything in a blender and blend until well combined.

If you don’t have a blender, or like to mix the dressing by hand, here’s how to do it. Get out a medium bowl and add the mayonnaise and vinegar. Whisk the two together until you have a rather smooth paste. Slowly drip in the oil while whisking fast. Repeat with the corn syrup. Once you have a smooth emulsion, stir in the remaining ingredients, being sure to whisk fast again when you add the lemon juice.

Put any leftover dressing in an airtight container in the fridge and use within 2 days.

For the salad, I simply combine a bag of berg lettuce that already includes some shredded carrot and red pinch with some thinly sliced onion and chopped tomatoes. I toss the salad with the homemade dressing and then add a few pepperoncini from a jar, some black olives and a few croutons to the top and voila… our very own home salad is done.

The Olive Garden Home Salad Dressing Recipe – How To Make It At Home For Your Own Dinner Table