Sainsbury's Basics good/bad items

Chickabiddybex

Sorry if any of these have been said:

Good
Tuna
Ketchup
Cheese
Tomatoes in season
Honey

Bad
Tomatoes out of season

I'm excited to try the rice pudding!

Patr100

Patr100 wrote: »

Tried their Basics Meatballs in tomato sauce.
Not recommended - hardly any sauce - you could add your own but I would have thought that would have been a cheap filler.

Well four years later (!) I just today accidentally bought another tin of their meatballs, it was hidden among the baked beans which is what I intended to buy.
Anyway , there seemed to be plenty of sauce with them now. Although not very thick. Not something I buy normally but not as bad as they could have been, As I said before, maybe a cheap filler with or without extras, if you normally like that sort of thing.

Edwardia

Sainsbury's Basics frozen New Zealand lamb chops - not fed on GM feed, grass-pastured and tasty. I'd say better for lamb stew type meal than grilled lamb chops though.

samsmoot

Edwardia wrote: »

Sainsbury's Basics frozen New Zealand lamb chops - not fed on GM feed, grass-pastured and tasty. I'd say better for lamb stew type meal than grilled lamb chops though.

Took the words out of my mouth there Edwardia. I make them into a curry which feeds four or more for a fiver.


The frozen fish (Pollack at the moment) @ £1.68 is good. I fry it in homemade batter but don't try that without this: once defrosted the fillets will start to separate - it's the way they are cut - simply slice the fillets into three pieces - two long ones and a smaller but thicker piece. If you try frying them whole you will end up with a mess.

JamesCR

The 22p pittas are excellent to use as pizza bases for a very quick snack. It isn't basic but the Sainsburys 90p pizza topping is brilliant.

The 33p milk and dark chocolate are both very good.

Finally, the 50p tomato pasta sauce is fantastic. To think I have been paying £3 for two jars of Dolmio for so long is really bad. It just proves if you can leave your snobbery at the door you can find some real bargains.

cambridge5000

I wasn't so impressed with the vegetable soup, even at a low 24p. The soup was watery, and the veg was hard and dry.

I think I would sooner wait until regular own brand are on offer at 2 for a £1 and stock up that way. The salt content is lower, the veg content is higher. Also you can have a wider range of flavours.

The basics wasn't BAD, and maybe could be thickened if you had time, or could fling in some leftover veg - but cost vs. effort comes into play here for me

Summer69

Glad to see this thread Have just started to switch to Sainsburys basics so I will be having a good read through the posts here.

I don't think I have seen some of the basics you have listed in my local store though or maybe I have not been looking closely enough!

So far I have only switched to basics fruit and veg items and no issues so far. They have recently (in my store anyway) started doing basics mushrooms. A big punnet for 99p. As a mushroom fan this pleased me no end!

Has anyone tried the basics ready cooked chicken chunks?

sillyme673

Use cooked chicken for my DD packed lunches and no complaints, and she is fussy. I love the teabags, drink my tea black , very nice and coffee. I have lovely jar already.

bagpussbear

We like the Basics Lasagne which is 75p (each pack serves 1 person)

It's fairly nice and we have some chips and salad or garlic bread with it.

Never had any 'bad' beef like gristle in it, and it's only around 279 calories which is good for those calorie counting like me.

Summer69

sillyme673 wrote: »

Use cooked chicken for my DD packed lunches and no complaints, and she is fussy. I love the teabags, drink my tea black , very nice and coffee. I have lovely jar already.

Ah fab thank you. Will give that a try next time