Cheesy Italian House Salad With Parmesan Dressing

Kittencalskitchen's Note:

This salad is rich and very filling and should be served as a main meal. The dressing makes about 1-1/2 cups but can easily be doubled. Plan ahead the dressing needs to chill for a couple of hours before using, prep time includes chilling time for the dressing. Feel free to add in other ingredients to the salad.

• Total Time: 2 hrs
• Prep Time: 2 hrs
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

PARMESAN DRESSING

• 1 cup mayonnaise (do not use salad dressing)
• 1/3 cup bottled kraft Italian salad dressing
• 1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 teaspoon fresh garlic (optional)
• salt and pepper

SALAD

• 1 large head romaine lettuce (torn into bite-size pieces)
• 1 cup artichoke heart, cut into quarters (or to taste)
• 1 (6 ounce) can pitted ripe olives (use green or black)
• 5 firm roma tomatoes, coarsely chopped
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
• 1/2 lb shredded provolone cheese (or to taste)
• salt and black pepper

Directions:

1. For the dressing; whisk all the ingredients together, then season with salt and pepper to taste.
2. Cover and chill for 2 hours before serving.
3. For the salad; place the first 6 ingredients in a large glass bowl; toss to combine.
4. Serve with dressing on the side.

Reviews

[JackieOhNo!]

A wonderfully flavorful salad dressing that is so easy to prepare, and would be great on any salad of your choosing. I didn't have Kraft dressing (I had a store brand Italian salad dressing) which seemed to work fine, and I was grateful for a way to put it to good use. I absolutely had to add the garlic to the dressing, which gave it a nice little punch. I made the salad as directed, also, and ended up with a salad that I would happily have eaten for my entire meal! Made for Best of 2012 Tag Game.

[Lavender Lynn]

Delicious and beautiful salad. We loved this for dinner. Made for Naked Recipes.

[JPsBarbie]

The salad was very good but the dressing was just ok. I think using bottled dressing (Kraft Tuscan dressing) just gave it a "bottled" dressing taste. I would suggest starting with a homemade Italian dressing or probably just trying a different recipe altogether. (15)