does anyone buy prepared salads?

recovering_spendaholic

I buy the bagged baby spinach washed in springwater from Sainsburys. Once opened it lasts about 4 days without going slimey and tastes much nicer than lettuce IMO, plus I can always add it to soups or pasta if it is not going to be used up.

freyasmum

want2bmortgage3 wrote: »

well its the last time i do. they are 1.49 on average for a bag of prewashed salad, which tastes of nothing and isnt very filling. i got a 99p bag from sainsburys crispy leaf or something and when i opened it, it didnt smell right. it was in date, but there was no leafy smell just a faint off-putting smell from the plastic perhaps. anyway it went straight in the bin what a waste of money.

i ended up with grated carrot and mayonnaise to go with my pizza. what else could i buy thats easy to preapare? a big lettuce is too much really and makes quite a mess washing and chopping. what about those small gem ones? or anything else? need to save money and a salad shouldnt be expensive.

To be honest, I buy the heads of iceberg lettuce. I find, for me at least, that it's less wasteful as it lasts longer - but I eat a lot of salad stuff

If you only peel off the leaves that you need, they can last for up to a week in the fridge. I just tear them into the size that I want.

thriftlady_2

There's very little nutritional value in iceberg lettuce -unless you're after a drink of water lol. Generally speaking the darker the leaf, the better nutritional value for money.