Chef Pablo’s Restaurant Recipes

This is a fantastic buttermilk avocado ranch dressing that is used most often with Chili’s Southwestern Eggrolls.  I would encourage you to try with some of the other Chili’s restaurant recipes including a simple salad.

Whether you’re using it as a dipping sauce or a salad dressing, this is one you’re going to want to make up fresh because of the avocado. If you do this up too far in advance the avocado will begin to get a funny taste to it.  The vinegar will help to preserve the avocado, but I would stick to making it the day ahead.

If you’re freezing the Southwestern Eggrolls overnight, go ahead and make this at the same time and refrigerate it to help bring all the flavors together. Serve this up with a nice garnish of fresh chopped tomatoes and onion.
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Chili’s Avocado Ranch Dipping Sauce

The regular house salad at The Olive Garden™ isn’t really one of the restaurant recipes you’ll have trouble finding.  It’s a simple matter of looking through the salad and finding out what’s in it.  The real trick is trying to figure out how to make the salad dressing.

A cool crisp salad with a great tangy dressing makes this a great way to start your meal.  Fresh tossed at your table with Parmesan cheese grated right there on your salad.  With everything being prepared at your table, it’s one of the most anticipated salads you’ll eat.

Note: make sure you’re mixing this up in a chilled salad bowl.  This will add greatly to the fresh and crispy texture of the salad.
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Olive Garden™ Salad Recipe

The first Olive Garden™ opened in 1982 in Orlando Florida. Today there are over 145 locations around the country.

Most of the newer Olive Garden™ locations are designed to look like a farm house in Castellina in Chianti, Tuscany on the grounds of the Rocca delle Macie winery.

Olive Garden™ is most famous for their bottomless bread baskets. But, my suggestion is GO EASY on those so you have room for what’s to come. Delicious pasta, soups and salads at a price you afford to enjoy often. Bring your kids because every kid I know loves pasta.

If you’re looking for some restaurant recipes that you’re kids are going to beg for night after night, you’re in the right place. I would even solicit a little help from them and let them receive a few of the accolades.

Alfredo Sauce
This recipe does NOT include garlic powder or cream cheese. This is the real deal as far as I can tell. Regardless this is a recipe your family will rave about.

Minestrone Soup
This soup not only tastes amazing, it leaves you feeling quite full. One of the most searched for top secret recipes, you’ll be proud to serve this to your family or friends.

Zuppa Toscano Soup
One of the most popular top secret recipes from Olive Garden™. This is a spicy sausage and bacon soup with russet potatoes and greens in a creamy broth.

Caprese Flatbread
A light and crispy flat bread with a nice chunky tomato mixture, topped with mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses.  It’s reminds me of a very fresh and natural tasting pizza.

Bread Sticks
If you’re not careful you could end up eating WAY too many of these bread sticks on your next trip to The Olive Garden™. Famous for their “bottomless basket” of bread sticks, a meal at The Olive Garden™ isn’t complete without a few of these in your belly. Best part, it’s extremely easy to make.

House Salad
A cool crisp salad with a great tangy dressing makes this a great way to start your meal.  Fresh tossed at your table with Parmesan cheese grated right there on your salad.  With everything being prepared at your table, it’s one of the most anticipated salads you’ll eat.

Sangria
Looking for how to make Olive Garden sangria? Look no further.  The Olive Garden™ Sangria is a refreshing alcoholic beverage that’s perfect for any outdoor party.