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Once you try this copycat Good Seasons Italian dressing mix, you’ll pass by those seasoning envelopes at the grocery store. Not only does it make the best Italian Dressing, but it also makes an incredible vegetable dip and seasoning blend.
We love making our own homemade seasoning blends. They taste better and we know exactly the spices we are adding to the blend. That is what I love making a copycat version of the Good Seasons Italian Dressing Mix.
If you like making your own seasoning blends as well, try our Homemade Taco Seasoning.
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Why This Recipe Works
This Italian Seasoning blend is made with simple ingredients. I realized that the same seasonings that were in that packet, I already had in my pantry.
So, I decided to mix up my own copycat good seasoning Italian dressing mix and create my own dried spice blend! I’m so happy I did!
Ingredients
- Garlic Powder
- Onion Powder
- Sugar
- Oregano
- Black Pepper
- Basil
- Ground Thyme
- Parsley
- Celery Salt
- Salt
Scroll to the bottom of the post for the full recipe in the recipe card.
How to Make Good Seasons Italian Dressing Mix
- Combine all the ingredients in an airtight container, and store until ready to use.
Ingredients for Italian Dressing
- 2 tbsp Dry Mix (above)
- ¼ cup Cider Vinegar (you can also use red wine vinegar)
- 2/3 cup Oil
- 2 tbsp Water
How to Make Italian Salad Dressing
- Combine all the ingredients above in a bottle and shake well. Shake each time before use.
Serving Suggestions
- Vegetable Dip – Mix 2 tablespoons of the mix with 16 oz sour cream for a delicious vegetable dip.
- Top Potatoes – Sprinkle on top of potatoes before you cook them – you could even grill them. Combine 2 Tablespoons seasoning with ½ cup oil, shake potatoes in mixture and cook!
- Sprinkle in your spaghetti sauce.
- Add it your Italian soup – Try my Italian Sausage Tortellini Soup recipe here.
- Add to Vegetables – Add it to your zucchini or squash before you cook it.
- Toss in a pinch of red pepper flakes for a Zesty Italian Dressing Mix. More spice? Red Bell Peppers, dried in the spice aisle, make it even zestier!
- Make your own Teriyaki Marinade by mixing 2 tablespoons of mix with ¼ cup cider vinegar, 3 tablespoons water, ½ cup oil and 1 tablespoon of both brown sugar and soy sauce.
- This makes an amazing chicken marinade. Simply substitute ¼ cup water for the 2 tablespoons, and combine with ¼ cup oil, and ¼ cup balsamic vinegar and 2 tablespoons of seasoning mix. Pour over your chicken and marinate for at least an hour, but for better results, overnight.
Either way, this is a great addition to your pantry for a whole lot less than buying those overpriced seasoning packets from the store.
Frequently Asked Questions
In order to maintain freshness refrigerate dressing once you’ve mixed the herbs and spices with the oil and vinegar. The oil will harden a little bit since it is cold.
Just simply remove it from the refrigerator and allow it to get back to room temperature. Then give it a good shake just before using to combine all of the ingredients.
Typically I use either vegetable or canola oil when I am mixing up a batch of Italian Dressing. Mostly because they’re both fairly inexpensive and mild in flavor. Olive oil would also be a good option. Really, you can use just about any mild oil that you have on hand.
It’s simple! All you have to do is mix together a variety of herbs and spices you probably already have on hand. This recipe is big enough to make a bulk batch that you can have at the ready any time you need it.
When you want to prepare fresh dressing, you just need to measure out approximately 2 tablespoons, which is about what comes in one seasoning envelope, and mix it with a combination of oil and vinegar.
More Easy Copycat Recipes
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- CopyCat Chick-Fil-A Lemonade Recipe
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- Cosmic Brownies
- Little Caeser’s Crazy Bread
- Hot Chocolate – Starbucks Copycat
- KFC Chicken Pot Pie
- Fritos Bean Dip
- Fiesta Ranch Dip
- McDonald’s Shamrock Shake
If you make this Good Seasons Italian Dressing Mix Recipe, please leave us a comment or star review. We love hearing from you.
Good Seasons Italian Dressing Mix
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tbsp Onion Powder
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 2 tbsp Oregano
- 1 tsp Black Pepper
- 1 tsp Basil
- 1/4 tsp Ground Thyme
- 1 tbsp Parsley
- 1/4 tsp Celery Salt
- 1 1/2 tbsp Salt
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients in an airtight container, and store until ready to use.
Yes the oil will still congeal in the refrigerator. You could leave out the sugar from the mix.
I’m diabetic and try to avoid added sugar. How would omitting the sugar effect the final product? Is there something low-carb that I could substitute, or should I just leave out the sugar? Any suggestions?
Also, I’ve noticed when I use the name-brand packets and use olive oil, the oil solidifies in the fridge. I’m wondering if this recipe also congeals at lower temperatures.
I know, but you can. You can use xantham gum if you would like.
Did you use any thickener so that the dressing wasn’t so runny? What and how much?
I’m so glad you loved it
Thank you for the recipe. I did a little calculating and enlarged the batch. Love to make my own mixes!
This is for a larger batch. However, you can lower the salt if you want and add more as needed. That is the great thing about making your own seasonings is you have completely control.
Hi! Now living in Canada and I cannot get Good Seasons (or even Uncle Dan’s any longer). I grew up with Good Seasons and stock up when I’m back home. I know this is an older post so I hope you see this question: is that an accurate amount of salt? 1 1/2 tbsp seems like a very large amount. Just double checking before making a batch. Thanks.
So glad to hear it – Thanks for sharing!
I was surprised how close the taste was to good seasons. I did added the xanthan gum (thickener) mentioned in a comment and also 1/2 tsp of soy lecithin (emulsifier, keeps water from separating with the oil) I also used a mortar and pestle to pulverize everything as mentioned in an earlier comment. The only possible improvement is the use of dehydrated bell pepper and carrot that adds visual appeal. The ingredients of Good Seasons also mentions citric acid, which I didn’t add but is likely just used to keep the colors bright.
I thought I’d mention, if someone wanted to just try it, simply reduce the Tbs to tsp, and then reduce everything else by 1/3. The result is exactly enough to make 2 Tbs of mix.
So great to hear! Thanks for sharing!
I made this last night and it was so much better than the store package! I tossed chicken breast in flour, then sprinkled it on top. Delicious!!
I dont know why but a few years ago they started adding wheat to the mix. They always ruin a good thing so now I make it myself. Thanks for the dupe.
Great tip! Thanks for sharing!
I grind all the herbs in a spice grinder…makes for a better mix when making the dressing.
For some reason during this panpandemic finding Good Seasons Dressing was impossible. My husband hates everything else. So I decided to make my own. I found this recipe and when I made it it was separating so quickly, so I added 1/4 teasp of Xantham Gum and it did the trick perfectly. It tastes exactly like Good Seasons. I will no longer buy it even if it becomes available…it’s way too expensive.
What kind of vinegar should I use? Cider or White Distilled? Or ? ? ? I’ve seen several posts (not here) that suggest Red Wine Vinegar, but I don’t like any of the wine vinegars.
thank you so for this Italian salad seasoning mix! I’ve been looking for this!!!!!!!!!! I
Do you have a printer-friendly version of this? Our internet is so bad it sometimes takes me longer to find the recipe as it takes to make it.
2 tablespoons is the equivalent to a packet. Thank you!
How many Tablespoons of this mix is equivalente to a store purchased envelope of good seasons Italian dressing mix plz. I use this mix to make my galic butter for my garlic bread and its tje only garlic Bread my family will eat so im so excited to try this out!!!!!! Thank you. 😉
I’m so excited you loved it.
Thank you! I live in England and have had my sister and my niece send me the Good Seasons packets from the US for years and load up with them whenever I visit. I made a small batch of your copycat recipe mix just a couple of weeks ago and it was a HUGE hit with all of the family here in England. I have just now made another batch x 4 so this should keep us going for a while! 🙂 it is fantastic. Will make your sour cream dip tomorrow. Thank you again!!
I know making the seasonings yourself instead of buying all those packets will surely save you money. However, my other reason for making some of these seasonings myself is that I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2011 and now have to take thyroid hormone. Just about everything you purchase in the store that is premaid including the brand name mayonnaise have either soy bean oil, ground soybeans, or soy lethicin in it. I have changed a lot of brands that I was buying to soy free products but I did not realize or forgot that the italian seasoning packets I had been purchasing also had a soy product in it. That was enough for me to make my own. Soy lethicin and soy products in general can interfer with the absorbtion of the synthetic thyroid hormone. Rather than having to adjust my medication to allow for the soy, I just decided to omit it all from my diet.
Woohoo! This should save you a TON of money!
Bless your pea-pickin heart! Pinned it. I buy so many of those packets it’s ridiculous!