NCP Blog: Save Time and Eat Healthy With Salads

What makes a salad a salad? According to Dictionary.com, its “usually a cold dish consisting of vegetables, such as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, covered with a dressing and sometimes containing seafood, meat or eggs.”

 

Of course, there are lots of other dishes that are called salads- like the fruity jello concoctions I grew up eating at my grandma’s house, or potato salad, a favorite for picnics- but today we’re going to focus on the basic tossed leafy green versions with dressing.

 

Back in May of 1992, the Association for Dressings and Sauces launched National Salad Month after a Gallup Poll showed that three out of four people ate a tossed salad at least every other day. Thirty years later, they’re still popular additions to meals.

 

Salad Kits Save Time

Do you like to create your own with individual ingredients, or do you buy kits? Salad kits are basically a pre-made meal in a bag, usually containing things like lettuce or other greens, carrots, crunch toppings like nuts or seeds, and sometimes a dressing.

 

According to The Packer, salad kits were the third-best-selling fresh vegetable product behind tomatoes and potatoes. Lettuce is also one of the top ten sellers. Both products experienced high growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, which analysts attribute to many people working from home and looking for a quick lunch solution.

 

Bagged kits are popular because they’re easy- all you have to do is dump the ingredients in a bowl, mix them up, add your dressing and eat.

 

 

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