Olive Garden’s “Buy One, Take One” Promotion Provides Tasty Savings

I have been compensated for this post, all opinions are my own.

This past weekend my husband and I had a lovely lunch out, alone.  Can you believe it?  I hardly could.  But Nana graciously offered to feed all three of my little boys lunch so the hubby and I could have a pleasant quiet meal by ourselves.  We visited our local Olive Garden for a delicious pasta meal.  I was expecting to have a yummy meal in a relaxing environment.  But what I was not expecting was to be able to extend three meals from a one meal purchase.  Yes, you read that correctly.  I was able to eat three meals from a one meal purchase.

Let me explain.

At my visit I chose the “Buy One, Take One” promotion which is currently available.  The idea is simple.  For $12.95 select two dishes from the limited menu.  One dish is eaten in-restaurant with soup or salad, while the other is packaged cold for use at a later time.  How brilliant is that?!  And because I tend to gorge myself on breadsticks and soup, I didn’t stand a chance to finishing my meal in-restaurant.  Therefore I actually had three meals from my one visit to Olive Garden.

1. my meal at the restaurant

2. my leftovers from the original meal

3. my take away dish

How’s that for value?! But I’m sure what you really want to know is, how did the dishes taste?  I selected the Smoked Mozzarella Chicken for my in-restaurant selection.  I must confess I would not have normally selected this dish if I was choosing from the full menu.  The specific menu options from the “Buy One, Take One” promotion forced me to consider other options and with  my servers’ recommended I choose Smoked Mozzarella Chicken to eat in-restaurant and Five Cheese Ziti al Forno to take home.

The Smoked Mozzarella Chicken is amazing!!  Seriously, I’m salivating just writing about it!  The chicken was tender and delicious plus it was topped with noodles and smoked mozzarella.  I have found a new favorite meal.

Look at this!?

A couple of days later I pulled out my Five Cheese Ziti al Frono for an easy and fast lunch.

Look at all that cheese!

And while I enjoyed the ziti, I must confess that I think next time I’ll order two orders of the Smoked Chicken Mozzarella.  It’s that good. Look at all of these sun-dried tomatoes!

My only problem?  This offer is only available for a limited time!  Three delicious meals for $12.95 equals a bargain I want to take advantage of again!

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