Took this to dinner at daddy's. Everyone really liked it. I thought it was Ok. No much spice in it.

I marinated all the veggies as suggested by other reviewers. I definitely would top with Parmesan cheese.

GREAT Recipe!! I did make a few changes- I used red wine vinegar and olive oil and used all black olives. I also marinated all of the veggies overnight. I didn't think there seemed to be enought dressing, so I added about 1/2 cup of bottled balsamic vinagerette. Right before serving, I added halved cherry tomatoes to the lettuce and poured all the veggies and dressing on top. I made this for an 'Italian themed' dinner party and it was very well received!! Everyone wanted the recipe. Thanks!!

THIS SALAD WAS DELISH......MARINATED THE VEGS IN THE DRESSING,MIXED BEFORE SERVING

Made this for a dinner party and everybody had seconds. I added some Buffala Mozzarella and it was just perfect, only thing I would change would be to add more artichoke. Will definitely make this again.

I thought this was good. It's pretty versatile, so you could add whatever you like. I thought the idea of pepperoni and pepperocini's would be good. I didn't have tarragon vinegar, so I just used red wine vinegar. I wish I had the green olives - that would definately have put a little extra zing in this!

I served this at a all girl's party. All my friends raved about it (Yes, I have great friends!). I couldn't believe it. I've been trying to learn to cook more new things, so it was very satisfying when everyone asked for the recipe. I used cherry tomatoes and a yellow bellpepper. Also used white wine vinegar because I couldn't find tarragon vinegar. I didn't add black olives. Draining the artichoke hearts is a great idea. LOVED THIS RECIPE!

AWESOME! Was a hit with all of my guests. Thanks for the terrific recipe!

Delicious salad. I marianated ALL veggies and added mozarrela fresca (mozarella balls) when tossing romaine lettuce. The dressing is out of this world!!

Made this for a family holiday gathering and for some reason it was not a major hit -- the other ("regular") salad was eaten much more. I had a lot of this left. I definitely cut back on the onions, but even that didn't seem to make it a crowd pleaser. Nonetheless, it was still pretty tasty in my personal opinion.

Good recipe - Like someone suggested in a previous review, I also swapped olive oil for canola oil and used rice vinegar instead of tarragon vinegar. In addition, I used 1 1/2 T of dried italian spice mix instead of the frest herbs. I will definitely make this again.

I'm actually one of those weird ppl who don't like salads but I served this at a party & it got great reviews! Easy - followed directions exactly. Will make again, for others of course:)

Eh, it was good, but not fabulous. There was nothing spicy about it, and frankly, it was kind of a disappointment. I made this salad for a large group of people but only one person commented on the salad, so I know that it was not a hit. I added the artichoke hearts, as well as some roasted red peppers and garbanzo beans to the salad along with everything else in the recipe. I don't think it really mattered what I added to the salad itself, it was the dressing that just wasn't anything special. It was almost identical to the dressing that I make on a regular basis. I even added extra garlic, some pepper, but it still didn't wow me or anyone else. Oh well.

This salad was unique and really yummy. I did however, have to add quite a bit of salt at serving time because it was bland.

WOW!!!!!!That says it all.

This was good, but for us it wasn't rave-worthy. We eat salad every day, and we have a lot of interesting and different recipes, so this was just a bit run-of-the-mill for us. I made a couple of modifications: I don't use canola oil, and I was out of olive oil, so I used grapeseed oil, which has a mild flavor like canola; I used white wine vinegar and fresh tarragon; and instead of using red onion (which I don't like), I minced some shallots and added them to the dressing. I also added a few capers and used more olives than called for. We enjoyed it, but this isn't a keeper for us. Thanks, anyway.

I used the recipe as a guide, but used pepperoni, roasted red peppers, 1/2 red onion... didn't like the flavor at first, but after refrigerating it was GREAT!!

This salad was a great "hit" with our neighbors and they have all asked me to make it again or give them the recipe. I made a few changes as suggested by previous reviews. I used olive oil instead of canola, added more veggies (and definitely more garlic), marinated the carrots and black olives with the artichokes, added gourmet mozzarella cut into bite size pieces and put more grated Romano cheese on top of the salad when serving. I wasn't too sure about "chopping" the lettuce, so, I just tore it into bite size pieces. I am making it again today (one week later) and will add more artichokes. This is definitely a recipe I will k