Easy Homemade Salad Bread Bowls
These easy homemade salad bread bowls are made with frozen bread dough and filled with a crisp Olive Garden-style salad. They’re simple to make, perfect for spring and summer meals, and turn an ordinary salad into a fun and filling lunch or dinner.
- Prep Time: 20 MINS
- Cook Time: 25 MINUTES
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 4 SERVINGS 1x
- Category: BREAD
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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For the Bread Bowls
- 1 loaf frozen white bread dough, thawed
For the Salad
- 1 head romaine lettuce, chopped
- 1 cup cucumber, sliced
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1/2 cup black olives, sliced
- 1/4 cup red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 cup croutons
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup Italian dressing
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Divide thawed bread dough into 4 equal portions.
- Roll each portion into an 8-inch circle.
- Coat 4 oven-safe bowls with cooking spray and place them upside down on a baking sheet.
- Drape one dough circle over each bowl, gently shaping it to cover the bowl completely.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
- Allow bread bowls to cool before carefully removing them from the bowls.
- In a large bowl, combine lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, olives, red onion, croutons, Parmesan cheese, and Italian dressing.
- Toss until evenly coated.
- Fill each bread bowl with salad and serve immediately.
Notes
- Let the bread bowls cool completely before filling to prevent the salad from wilting.
- For the most authentic Olive Garden-style flavor, use a zesty Italian dressing.
- Bread bowls can be baked up to one day ahead and stored in an airtight container.
- Great for serving Caesar salad, chef salad, chopped Italian salad, or garden salad.
Find it online: https://www.firsthomelovelife.com/salad-bread-bowls/