Big Italian Salad

Crunchy, colorful, and bursting with flavor, this salad is the perfect side to brighten any hearty Italian dinner, from pasta to pizza.

📊 Medium 🍽 6 servings 👁 6
Big Italian Salad

Ingredients

6 servings

Instructions

  1. Make the dressing: Combine all dressing ingredients in a food processor and blitz to blend.
  2. Place all of the salad ingredients except for the cheese in a large bowl. Right before serving, add about half of the dressing and toss well. Add more dressing little by little as necessary; be sure to dress greens very generously, otherwise salad will be bland. Toss in the cheese, then taste and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper, if necessary.

Nutrition per serving

338kcal

💰 Cost Estimate

Total Ingredients
$4714.00
Per Serving
$786.00/serving
🏠 Savings
~$9428.00 vs buying!
📋 Price Breakdown (75% ingredients detected)
IngredientAmountSubtotal
loosely packed fresh Italian parsley leaves 1 cup $611.00
loosely packed fresh basil leaves 1 cup $2810.00
dried oregano 0.25 tsp $7.00
garlic 2 cloves $395.00
red wine vinegar 0.3333333333333333 cup $25.00
extra virgin olive oil 0.75 cup $408.00
Heaping 3/4 teaspoon salt - -
freshly ground black pepper 0.25 tsp $6.00
honey 2 tsp $12.00
head romaine lettuce 1 large $39.00
red bell pepper 1 large $88.00
seeded and chopped hothouse cucumbers 1 cup $276.00
to 2 carrots 1 $37.00
Handful grape tomatoes - -
Handful pitted olives - -
Ricotta Salata or Feta - -

*Estimated market prices, may vary by region

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Big Italian Salad

Ingredients:
  • 1 cup loosely packed fresh Italian parsley leaves
  • 1 cup loosely packed fresh basil leaves
  • ¼ tsp dried oregano
  • 2 cloves garlic, (peeled)
  • 1/3 cup red wine vinegar, (best quality such as Pompeian Gourmet)
  • ¾ cup extra virgin olive oil, (best quality such as Lucini or Colavita)
  • Heaping 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tsp honey
  • 1 large head romaine lettuce, (or 3 hearts, washed, dried and cut into large, bite-sized pieces)
  • 1 large red bell pepper, (chopped)
  • 1 cup seeded and chopped hothouse cucumbers
  • 1 to 2 carrots, (peeled into ribbons)
  • Handful grape tomatoes, (halved)
  • Handful pitted olives
  • Ricotta Salata or Feta, (crumbled to taste)

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