A salad is not complete until it’s topped with my Aunt Ellen’s Parmesan salad dressing. It is the perfect mix of flavors and is sure to make your next salad delicious!
As a kid, we used to make an annual trip to visit my mom’s Aunt Ellen and Uncle Richard in Ohio. We always had so much fun.
They had a pinball machine, jukebox and a softball pitching machine… what more could you want?! The boys would go to a Reds game and us girls would choreograph dance routines or work up little skits.
My mom’s cousins, Courtney and Cassie, were a few years older than me and I always thought they were SO COOL. Great-Aunt Ellen would always make delicious meals and we had the best time.
This salad dressing quickly became a family favorite of ours and my mom made it quite frequently after requesting the recipe.
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It is so much fun making recipes that have childhood memories attached. This salad dressing is one of those for us.
The Parmesan cheese gives the dressing great depth of flavor and a creamy texture. If you like the salad at Olive Garden, I think you will like this dressing.
We love it on green salads, of course. It is also great as a dressing for pasta salad.
Make some to see how easy and delicious it is for yourself.
Parmesan Salad Dressing
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ¾ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
- 1 clove garlic
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- ¼ tsp paprika
- ¼ tsp oregano
Instructions
- Put ⅓ cup grated Parmesan cheese, ½ cup vegetable oil, ¼ cup olive oil, ¾ tsp salt, ¼ tsp pepper, 1 clove garlic, ¼ cup lemon juice, ¼ tsp paprika, and ¼ tsp oregano in a blender.
- Process until smooth and creamy.
- Pour into a jar with tight fitting lid and refrigerate until ready to use.
- Shake well before use.
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Loved this! The only change I made is to replace the vegetable oil with extra-light olive oil since I can’t have vegetable oil and this is a neutral tasting oil like vegetable and then used 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil for the olive oil called for in recipe.
I’m wondering how much is a serving. It seems that recipe says this is one serving, but it’s much more than you would use for one serving. Is the nutrition information based on entire recipe and we should divide this by number of servings we get from recipe?
You are right, that was confusing! Hopefully it is clear now. The nutrition info is for about 2 Tablespoons of dressing.
Yum! Parmesan makes everything better 🙂
Yes it does!
oh sounds so fun when you visited there. Good times and good food. I can't wait to try this.
We always had the best time! I hope you love the dressing! Thanks for stopping by.
This sounds so good! I always make my own dressings!
It is still one of my favorites!
Me and my sisters would choreograph dances to music too 🙂 Good times! I just recently started trying my hand at homemade salad dressings and this one sounds delicious. Pinning to try it out. Thanks for the easy and delicious recipe. Have a great weekend.
We'd always make everyone sit through whatever we had thought up! We always had fun on our visits. I hope you enjoy this dressing, I hadn't had it in a while and it is just as good as I remember!