And it unseated the one I’ve loved the most!
Listen, I’m a big from-scratch kind of cook.
But I’m also the busy working mom of a toddler, so I appreciate the occasional quick-and-easy meal.
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Enter the salad kit.
There are also a lot of reasons to love Aldi, thediscount grocery chainand my personal favorite European export.
Aldi offers a pretty good variety of salad kits under their private label Little Salad Bar.
For some of the kits, one taste-test was plenty for me.
But others have found a place in myregular Aldi rotation.
Here they are, rankedat least in my personal opinionfrom least enjoyable to most delicious.
The sunflower seeds are, well, sunflower seeds.
Things started to go awry for me as soon as I opened the dressing packet.
It had a super-thick, sticky consistency that made it difficult to even squeeze over the salad.
I had to toss for what felt like forever to get anything approaching an even coating.
And while I know this is supposed to be “sweet onion” dressing,sweetis an understatement.
Caesar Salad Kit
I should admit that I’m kind of snobby about Caesar.
I typicallymake my ownanchovies and alland so my bar really is set pretty high.
This is a super-basic Caesar, and there’s not a ton to say beyond that.
It has romaine lettuce, croutons, some shredded Parmesan, and a packet ofwhat else?Caesar dressing.
Aldi’s Caesar kit isfine.I didn’t dislike it, and it also didn’t excite me.
It’s second-to-last on my list not because it’s bad, but simply because it’s boring.
The dressing on this one is good.
It’s nothing mind-blowing, but who doesn’t enjoy a ranch?
Add all the elements together, and I’d call this one middle-of-the-road.
This kit isn’t all that different from its un-chopped cousin, but I liked it way more.
), though I did notice that this kit seemed to be heavier on the scallions than the others.
Aside from the Caesar, this is the only chopped salad that switches up the base.
This is just a phenomenally balanced salad.
