Sainsbury's Basics good/bad items

toffee'n'tom

Basics breakfast muffins are the nicest i've tried.

bramble1

OH had 2 packets of basics prawns last week and said although small they tasted just as nice as any other pre cooked prawns in the fresh shelf.

lilac_lady

A jar of basic runny honey costs around 60p. I use it to refill a sqeezy bottle of honey that cost more than £2. I can't tell the difference.

EC12345

After reading this thread these are the Basics items that I have tried and to be honest all have been great :-

Part baked baguettes: buy these every week now;
Frozen prawns: great in a sandwich with pepper and salad cream to take to work;
Salmon salmon: great with cream cheese (haven't tried the Basics cream cheese yet though) to take to work;
Mixed fruit: after it was recommended on this thread -it's lovely;
Green and black olives: lovely;
Dips: I liked these but husband wasn't keen - probably just a personal taste difference though;
Yorkshire puddings: great.
Basics mini eggs: had a small buffet once and bought these to fill out the table and they were fine;
Basics white fish: lovely with white sauce and veg;
Tinned toms and kidney beans: for chilli and spag bol can't tast the difference.

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POSSETTE

bramble1 wrote: »

OH had 2 packets of basics prawns last week and said although small they tasted just as nice as any other pre cooked prawns in the fresh shelf.

I also liked these..they are going to taste the same as dearer prawns surely? its just size difference..they are gorgeous in an egg prawn mayo roll...mmmmm




toddles off to fridge with drooling mouth....:D

mcallister1

lilac_lady wrote: »

A jar of basic runny honey costs around 60p. I use it to refill a sqeezy bottle of honey that cost more than £2. I can't tell the difference.

I just got that this week- 69p maybe? I realised that it was costing me a fortune for a small difference in taste- especially at this time of year when we are making drinks with it for colds.

Forumite_2

Basic Blueberries were better than normal ones (but same price as normal range had 2 for £3 offer)

preciousillusions

Basics cheese spread (like Dairylea) and the cream cheese (like Philadelphia)
Basics mushroom tortellini

bramble1

POSSETTE wrote: »

I also liked these..they are going to taste the same as dearer prawns surely? its just size difference..they are gorgeous in an egg prawn mayo roll...mmmmm




toddles off to fridge with drooling mouth....:D

i thought they'd taste the same as normal prawns, i mean prawns are prawns right? But OH wouldn't have them for ages because he didn't think they'd taste nice?! - he's a brand snob though!

mariad94

Evie82 wrote: »

Have converted a few more bits to basics that I really like.

White Chocolate big bar - nicer than nestle!/QUOTE]

totally agree the white chocolate is soo nice for 27p!