home­made ranch dress­ing over ice­berg with veg­gies and aged cheddar

We recently put out a sur­vey ask­ing peo­ple on twit­ter some ques­tions about salad. We wanted to get an idea as to whether or not salad plays a big role in people’s lives. Boy does it ever! You guys are really pas­sion­ate about your salad. Here are the results of the survey.

On aver­age you say you eat salad five times a week. More of you make dress­ing from scratch than use store-bought. If you do use pre-made dress­ing the top pick is Kraft.

Arugula is your most beloved salad green, with 47.8% of the votes, fol­lowed by:

mesclun mix 30.4%

baby spinach 26.1%

romaine 21.7%

with the least favourite being Boston and water­cress surprisingly!

For the worst salad you’ve ever had, KFC was neck and neck with potato salad made with Miracle Whip, but in the end the Miracle Whip pulled ahead with 41.2% of the votes. KFC got 35.3% and over­cooked pasta salad came in third with 23.5%.

If you could only have one last salad before you die it would be:

“Lime jello & grated car­rot… Because it’s was my favorite when I was lit­tle. Why not a lit­tle bliss­ful nos­tal­gia pre mortem, no?”

“Fig, cam­bo­zola, wal­nut and chicken over red romaine and a fresh basil/olive oil/red wine vine­gar and shal­lot dressing.”

“Caprese, with toma­toes just picked and still warm from the sun.”

“Ontario straw­ber­ries with water­cress, pecans and chevre with a lemon-poppyseed vinaigrette.”

“Waldorf Salad. I had it at a birth­day party I went to in Kindergarden and it was transformative.”

“Arugula with lemon and freshly grated parmesan.”

Inspired now? Go throw together a salad already!

.…won­der what our next sur­vey should be about?

salad frenzy!