Not-Quite-Olive-Garden's-Salad-Dressing

I love Olive Garden's Salad Dressing.  Love, love, love it!  Say what you will about the rest of their food, but I could live for a long time on their fried raviolis, salad, and breadsticks.

I went searching to see if I could find a recipe for the dressing.  In case you didn't know, there are websites devoted to reproducing recipes from restaurants, like CopyKat.com, and allrestaurantrecipes.com.  I don't remember exactly where I found this one, but it was supposedly done by Food Network people.  I figured it was worth a shot.

This isn't exactly like Olive Garden's dressing, but it still really good.  I did have to make a few changes to the recipe though, so if you follow it exactly maybe it would turn out better.

You will need:

The recipe as it was written called for:

• 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
• 3 tablespoons Miracle Whip
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
• 1/4 teaspoons garlic salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
• 1-2 tablespoons of water

The changes I made:

• I didn't have white wine vinegar.  I used red wine vinegar instead.  I figured that was preferable to using regular white vinegar.
• I don't use Miracle Whip very often.  Usually just in my casseroles.  So, our jar was really, really expired.  Like more than 6 months expired.  So, I used Mayo instead.
• I used minced garlic instead of the garlic salt.

What you need to do:

1.  Put all your ingredients in  a blender or food processor.

2.  Blend well.  

3.  Refrigerate for at least an hour before serving.

Note:  This will keep in the fridge for a couple of day.  However, before serving, give it a quick spin in the blender.

There are other variations of the recipe that I will try in the future, but this one is actually pretty good.  I hope you enjoy!