I am forever pinning stuff to my Pinterest boards, but I must admit I rarely get around to making most of the recipes. It’s like that collection of cookbooks I have on the shelf. It seems a big waste…so I have resolved this year to cook what I pin. That way we can all find out if it tastes as good as it looks.
We tried some things during the last Emmanuel Institute session. One of my favorites was this great Olive Garden salad dressing recipe. The original recipe can be found here. But we changed it up a bit and made it vegan. The results were excellent!
We served it at the graduation dinner for the students and their families along with some other Italian favorites. We even made a vegan lemon cream cake, like the one they serve at Olive Garden (I’ll share that recipe after we detox from the holidays!)
Olive Garden Dressing
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Vegenaise
- ½ teaspoon garlic
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- ¼ teaspoon pepper-like seasoning
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 pkg. Good Seasons Italian Dressing Mix
- 2 teaspoons vegan Parmesan
1. Place all of the ingredients into a glass jar with tight fitting lid.
2. Shake well and serve.
3. To keep the dressing from separating, add all ingredients into the pitcher of a blender and blend briefly.