Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi Soup

The Olive Garden is known for their creamy chicken and gnocchi soup.  This is a rich soup that you can make a full meal from this soup alone.  This soup features roasted chicken, potato gnocchi, carrots, celery, and spinach.    Soup warms the soul, and this soup is no exception.  It is not likely that you will [...]

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Olive Garden Bolognese

This recipe for the Olive Garden Bolognese has been on the Internet for years.  It is rumored to be their actual recipe.  I haven’t seen this recipe on their menu for a long time.  This isn’t the typical meat sauce that you get there.  This one is packed full of fresh vegetables, and it should [...]

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Olive Garden Sam Remo Dip

This is a popular appetizer that the Olive Garden has served.  Marina sauce, and seafood make this dip extra special.
6 oz. can tiny shrimp (drained, reserve liquid)
6 oz. can crab meat (drained, reserve liquid)
2 ounces cream cheese, (room temperature and cubed)
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon crushed garlic
1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
1/3 cup [...]

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What you are reading at CopyKat – top recipes

We have a lot of free restaurant recipes that we love to share with you. We add new recipes all of the time. Here are this weeks top 10 recipes that you have been reading the most. Maybe you have missed one of these and want to check one of these out.
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Olive Garden is known for their seasonal menu’s.  Here is one of their most recent seasonal menu.  This recipe combines many things you have in your kitchen:  preserves, chicken stock, basil, chicken breasts.  Don’t miss out on this flavorful dish.  You can cook up a little pasta with this, and have an entire meal.
Apricot [...]

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Olive Garden Shrimp Caprese – enjoy a seasonal Olive Garden recipe at home.

Olive Garden makes creative and inventive recipes.  Their Shrimp Caprese is a delightful meal for the summer.  The fresh basil adds a very nice touch.  Consider using the wine that you make this with one that you enjoy drinking, and one that you will drink with the meal.
3 lbs Roma tomatoes, cored* and cut into [...]

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Olive Garden’s Capellini Primavera – this is a light and healthy pasta dish filled with vegetables.

This is a light and wonderful dish if you are watching what you are eating.  This is full of vegetables, and not overly heavy.  Fresh carrots, mushrooms, and broccoli help make for a healthy dinner.
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 1/2 cups chopped onions
3/4 cup julienne-cut carrots (1/8-by-1/8-by-11/2-inch)
5 cups (12 ounces) broccoli florets, cut into 1-inch [...]

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Olive Garden Hot Artichoke-Spinach Dip – you don’t have to leave home to make this recipe.

I saw the recipe that was available here, and I just had to share the real recipe. As a friend of an ex-olive garden line cook, he has assured me this is the PROPER recipe! Enjoy!
1 Cup chopped artichoke hearts (canned or frozen & thawed)
1/2 cup frozen chopped spinach, thawed
8 oz. cream cheese
1/2 cup grated [...]

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Olive Garden Parmesan Crusted Chicken – make an Olive Garden favorite at home this recipe tastes alike their famous dish.

In this recipe you could just make the Parmesan chicken breasts and serve them just like that, or you can add the pasta, broccoli and more and make a copy cat recipe of this dish and serve this anytime at home.  Often the Olive Garden has a very seasonal menu, serving up fabulous dishes only [...]

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Lots of fresh vegetables make for a light and filling chicken dish.  With our version of this recipe, you can walk through a farmers market, or even your supermarket and pick up green bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, garlic, and a few ingredients out of your pantry and you will make a robust dish that will [...]

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Olive Garden Salad Mix – use our recipe, and make this at home.

One of the best things about the Olive Garden is their fresh salad blend. You can make this at home, we will show you how. It is easy to make a blend of salad that is just like the restaurant’s recipe.

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Olive Garden Salad Dressing – you can make this tasty class at home with our recipe.

This salad dressing is similar to the one at the Olive Garden.

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Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana II

You can make this flavorful soup that tastes just like the Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup. Potatoes, Italian sausage, kale, onions, and cream make for a flavorful soup. This is my personal recipe for this. You may wish to add about a half teaspoon of fennel to this for an added taste.

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Olive Garden Pasta E Fagioli

You can make this classic soup at home with our recipe.  This soup is filled with ground meat, pasta, beans, carrots, and so much more.
3 tsp. Oil
2 lb. Ground beef
12 oz. Onion; chopped
14 oz. Carrots; slivered
14 oz. Celery; diced
48 oz. Tomatoes; canned, diced
2 C. cooked Red Kidney beans
2 C cooked White kidney beans
88 oz. Beef [...]

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Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana

The creamy potato soup filled with Italian sausage is hard to beat. This is one classic you do not want to miss. You may wish to add a half teaspoon of fennel seed to this.

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