Iceberg Salad with Italian Dressing

This dressing is a tinkered classic ready for any modern or t-taste tinkering. I will be trying various suggestions from the previous comments, most notably, for the dressing, adjusting down the amount of sugar (maybe 3/4 tablespoon?) and an extra tablespoon of mayonnaise. For the salad I've already tinkered with the ADDITION (NOT substitution) of iceberg) of romaine, adding some radishes, red bell pepper, and tomatoes. My gang prefers halved small cherry peppers over the pepperoncini, and using crumbly blue on top in place of the provolone (gotta have the fresh mozzarella). this is a nailed classic. TO those commenters disappointed that this is too pedestrian...Feh! Classics are classic for a reason.

• A Cook from Buffalo

• Buffalo, NY

• 6/25/2024

It was soo good, I didnt add the sugar and instead of iceberg lettuce I used endives and it was delightful.

• Nina Alvarez

• Pamplona, Spain

• 2/5/2024

I have been making this salad recipe for several years. Always a hit and a definite go to in our home. Love the pepperocini. Dressing is wonderful . . I also add smaller amounts of basil and parsley to this. Top with fresh parsley and croutons!

• K2kenney

• Advance, NC

• 12/14/2023

@cricket: some people, who have been using the internet since inception, use caps for emphasis, not shouting. And I applaude you for teaching your kids, as did I, to politely say "no thank you" to food they didn't not want vs. a great many school mates who, while here at our house, weren't so polite and asked to be served something else because they didn't like the fruit served up to them or objected to cheese on the tacos (they went without, I'm not a restaurant and miraculously, they didn't pass out or starve to death). Back to the recipe: yes, on occasion, old school, delicious, and loveable memories of home (anyone else remember the "who made the salad" commercials for Seven Seas salad dressings?). We make great salads around here (many a BA recipe) but some can upstage the main dish. So this OG salad is perfect to have in the repertoire.

• J..J.

• San Diego

• 9/14/2023

@caddycarol First of all, stop shouting. Is this your first day on the internet or something? Second: don't yuck my yum. I have taught my children how to be polite and say "no thank you" when they are offered a food that doesn't appeal to them. It's a shame no one taught you about being kind and respectful to others, but it's never too late to learn. Lastly, this particular recipe includes iceberg lettuce because...well, because it just does. It's a recipe for an old-school Italian-restaurant iceberg-lettuce salad. Plenty of other salads use "romaine, arugula, etc." so feel free to go make yourself one of those. There is no requirement that you make and eat this one. Imagine someone saying, "Ugh, why is there chicken in this chicken parmesan? Never chicken in chicken parmesan, only beef!" Ridiculous.

• cricket

• Boston

• 9/7/2023

This dressing is made constantly and always in my fridge. I do add more garlic and 1 extra tablespoon of mayo to make it extra creamy. My favorite salad mix is mine-chopped spinach, shredded carrot, shredded cabbage, slivered red onion, and chopped peperoncini. And then add dressing to taste so yummy!!

• K8JZC

• Iowa

• 8/26/2023

Always a hit! I pair this with pizzas from our pizza oven. I halve the sugar and add homemade croutons. I am repeatedly asked for this recipe.

• Pizza Mom

• Philadelphia

• 5/26/2023