Never buy another envelope of Italian dressing again once you taste this copycat Good Seasons mix!
Copycats Save Money
You can save a lot of money making your own mixes.
All you need for this Good Seasons Italian dressing mix is probably on your pantry shelf already since they are pretty common herbs and spices.
This Has Many Uses
Sure, you can make this dressing mix up and use it only for salad dressing, but it’s also a good flavoring for many other things.
I used this seasoning in my Italian Chicken Casserole and in my Slow Cooker Creamy Italian Beef.
My brother-in-law has used Italian salad dressing mix for years to flavor burgers. He mixes one envelope in one pound of ground beef then grills them on the BBQ. They are delicious!!
Want It Zestier?
If you’d like to make a zestier variety of the dressing, all you have to do is add a pinch or two of red pepper flakes to the mix.
Want it more garlicky? Then add a teaspoon of dehydrated minced garlic (in addition to the garlic powder) to it.
The Recipe
- 1 tbs. garlic powder
- 1 tbs onion powder
- 2 tbs oregano
- 1 tbs sugar
- 1 tsp pepper
- ¼ tsp thyme
- 1 tsp basil
- 1 tbs parsley
- ¼ tsp celery seed (see NOTES)
- 2 tbs salt
- To make up as dressing:
- 2 tbs mix
- ¼ cup vinegar
- ⅔ cup oil
- 2 tbs water
- Mix all ingredients together and store in an airtight container.
For intensely garlic flavor: Add 1 tsp dehydrated minced garlic to the mix.
The same amount of celery salt may be substituted for the seed, however, make sure to subtract ¼ tsp of the salt called for in the recipe.
Sarah says
April 12, 2017 at 2:11 pmomg. It’s so cool. Thanks for sharing. Hope to see new recipes soon.
Have a nice day.
Diane says
April 12, 2017 at 4:46 pmThe instructions leave off the amounts of everything to use. Can you please correct that.
Thanks
Judith Hanneman says
April 12, 2017 at 8:05 pmThanks!! I am correcting.
LInde says
April 12, 2017 at 4:52 pmI could figure out what the measurements should be for the oil and vinegar, but what about the water and the amount of mix? Thanks in advance.
Judith Hanneman says
April 12, 2017 at 8:06 pmDunno how that happened..as you can see, several folks caught that.
Karen says
April 12, 2017 at 5:01 pmWhat are the amounts needed to make up this Dressing from the mix. They aren’t off.
Judith Hanneman says
April 12, 2017 at 8:06 pmThanks for bringing it to my attention!
Judy Webster says
April 12, 2017 at 5:02 pmThis sounds great, sadly the instructions for mixing it up as a salad dressing are missing some important numbers. Steps 3 thru 6 seem to lack quantity amounts. Thanks for this and all of your tasty recipes.
Judith Hanneman says
April 12, 2017 at 8:06 pmThanks…correcting now.
Judy Webster says
April 12, 2017 at 9:01 pmThanks for the update, will try this tonight, sounds delsh.
Judith Hanneman says
April 13, 2017 at 12:40 am<3
Ruth Danubio says
April 12, 2017 at 5:43 pmI just printed a copy of Copycat Good Seasons Italian Dressing. The measurement for the amount of mix, vinegar, oil and waterl are missing.
Judith Hanneman says
April 12, 2017 at 8:06 pmI’ve corrected it–thanks for letting me know
Angela says
April 12, 2017 at 6:00 pmI’ve have been purchasing packages of this salad dressing for many years, so I’m now happy that I can make my own dressing mixture. I already have all of the ingredients on hand. Would you believe that I have one of those old original “Good Seasons” shaker bottles? I found it in my mom’s pantry. Thanks for the recipe. We love this dressing.
Judith Hanneman says
April 12, 2017 at 8:18 pmI believe it!! My mother could never pass up those decanters–even though she had a zillion of them already!!
Gaylie says
April 12, 2017 at 6:06 pmPlease clarify the amounts needed to make up the dressing with the mix The directions are not clear in this post.
Judith Hanneman says
April 12, 2017 at 8:04 pmThank you so much–I don’t know how that happened!! I will correct.
Eva says
April 12, 2017 at 7:08 pmTo make up as dressing:
tbs mix
/4 cup vinegar
/3 cup oil
tbs water
Is that 1/4 cup vinegar or 4 cups and oil? it is unclear.
Judith Hanneman says
April 12, 2017 at 8:05 pmThanks! I have no idea how that happened!!
Patty says
April 12, 2017 at 8:32 pmWhich type of vinegar do you recommend?
Judith Hanneman says
April 13, 2017 at 12:40 amMy mom always used red wine vinegar and that was good. I’m partial to balsamic and apple cider.
Patty says
April 13, 2017 at 12:08 pmI always used red wine vinegar. I’m going to give the others a try. Thank you for the recipe and your reply. I have been enjoying your recipes.
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Judith Hanneman says
April 13, 2017 at 3:40 pmThanks! <3