Fresh Express Shreds Iceberg

Fresh Express shreds iceberg? Katilina shreds dreams! 

These guys have been the target of many a recall, and nowadays your bagged fresh lettuce is one of the last things you want to eat for public health. But I recently discovered through a series of neurotic testing that fresh iceberg doesn't give me any OAS symptoms, so I made a nice little ground turkey burger bowl with this. Perhaps I will get E.Coli, but that's towards the bottom of my health worries (at least until I get it), so I enjoyed some nice uncooked produce in the form of this ostensibly pre-washed lettuce. I will say, it doesn't hurt to rinse it yourself anyway. But I digress. This was reasonably fresh/crunchy, with just a few reddish old bits the day after opening. It's about 5 cups worth, which is a good amount for 2-3 days worth of lettuce-containing foods. This was also the only Plain Bagged Iceberg at my store, so they're shreadsing at the lettuce monopoly too.

Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 6/10 

Fresh Express Spinach

This is spinach (or épinards, for you Canadians out there). I have always liked it because it is healthy and cronchy and green and gets so so small when you cook it and yet is so so big when you try to put it in a wrap or sandwich or something. Lately I am having a lot of chicken wraps with unaged cheese and spinach, and if I can be real with you, the highlight of those banal wraps is definitely the spinach. It is also good with pasta (less so rice) and of course for salads. The downsides of spinach: it gets slimy pretty fast in the fridge, and if you eat a lot of it it has an unpleasant gritty texture. Hard to hit that spinach sweet spot of Very Fresh and Just a Little, but if you do, it's solid.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10
Dear God I'm Reviewing Spinach: 9/10

Fresh Express Shredded Red Cabbage

So to be honest, I don't like red cabbage. I like regular cabbage; I like slaws, but this is just so bitter and crunchy and it's not for me. That said, if a recipe calls for it, I certainly prefer this nice pre-weighed pre-washed bag of shreds to me cutting them myself. So I like that this exists, I just don't like red cabbage. Lessons (re-?)learned!

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 5/10

Fresh Express Caesar Salad Kit

Things like this are nice, honestly. I always ask myself in the store "what am I doing spending 3-4$ on SALAD?" but it's cheaper than a restaurant and tastes just fine. It's fresh and it's express. Now that America's romaine scare is finally over, I can indulge in pure romaine salad with dressing, cheese, and crouton. This kit is prewashed, so you can just pour everything in the bag and shake it up, then eat. Super quick and easy and tastes nice, and not too heavy/dressing-laden either. I use the full amount of everything which adds up to about 420 calories, not too bad. This is enough for two bowls of salad, but I usually just eat the whole thing as a meal. It's refreshing and smells like a good time. The dressing does have anchovy in it, but I've never had a fish-allergy reaction from small amounts of Caesar dressing (knock on wood) and this is no exception.

Overall
Cost: 6/10 (3.33$)
Taste: 7/10