Italian Salad

Sunshine Forever's Note:

This is a great salad to serve with any Italian dish.

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 1 head iceberg lettuce , washed and sliced
• 2 small tomatoes , coarsely chopped
• 1 cucumber , quartered and sliced
• 1 stalk celery , thinly sliced
• 1 carrot , shaved with carrot peeler (optional)
• 1 cup italian olive (I use the jar of salad olives)
• 1 (14 ounce) can artichoke hearts , drained and coarsely chopped
• ½ cup parmesan cheese
• 1 (2⁄3; ounce) envelope Italian salad dressing
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons pepper

Directions:

1. Wash and slice lettuce. Put into large salad bowl and place in refrigerator for 1 hour.
2. Add tomatoes, cucumber, celery, carrots, olives (drained), artichoke hearts, Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper. Toss well.
3. Prepare envelope of Italian salad dressing according to directions on package. Pour over salad and toss.

Reviews

[Andi of Longmeadow Farm]

Yum, this is a glorious salad! One that you could / should eat everyday! It's so simple to put together, however ~ the taste....sensational. I used pepperoncini, (lots of them!) along with the celery, and artichoke. Kapoww! This is wonderful. Thanks for posting such a great treat to eat!

[LifeIsGood]

Delicious salad. I especially loved the artichokes and olive addtions. I had never tried the Italian dressing packets before. It was really good. I wouldn't change a thing in the recipe. It's great!

[PaulaG]

This was a delicious salad and one that I will keep on hand to make again. I made a couple of changes based on what was on hand. The greens were a combination of Romain and spring mix. The celery was omitted and pepperoncini added. Made for *PAC Spring 2009*