Sainsbury's Basics good/bad items

1carminestocky

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

My hairdresser calls this Avalanche food as everything is in a white label!!!
Anyway I buy pretty much everything basics and given that this thread is soooooo long you've probably mentioned most things.
Their sweet popcorn is very nice and only 90 calories for a 20g serving (which is a nice full dessert bowl size) so if you like to chomp whilst watching TV I can recommend this. It's not as sickly as say Butterkist which is thick with sugar but more like cinema popcorn.
The one thing I won't try is the Weetabix. Revolting. Stay well away from.
I use their basics Rice Crispies and value chocolate (yum!) to make rice crispie cakes for the kids. Bargain except I end up eating them all!!!
I noticed yesterday they do a Basics Gin. Now I don't drink Gin but it would be really nice if they did a basics vodka or rum

£6.99

No rum but they do Brandy for £7.04.

molthedoll

i am currently munching my way through a box f the weetabix - they seem to be the offcuts from the not basics stuff

tastes just the same imho

Lynsey

1carminestocky wrote: »

£6.99

No rum but they do Brandy for £7.04.

I went in for a bottle of rum which they didn't have, also wanted an apple pie, which they didn't have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ironic, the record playing was the Bob Marley classic, "No rum and no pie"

Sorry, whacky mood today, I'll get my pinny on and start the housework.

Lynsey

shoperholicnot

ok heres what I have tried recentl
loose Apples - really really good only 64p a kg!!!
Jaffa cakes - very nice
chocolate Digestives- very nice indeed def a bargain at 33p
lemons-too small
kiwis -too small
tomato sauce- not the best but ok
brown sauce- tastes ok but comes out the bottle in lumps!
Basic cream cleaner - too runny

Biggest surprise for me was the teabags, I am really really fussy when it comes to tea. I thought these would be disgusting but they are not bad at all, I still prefer the brown label but these are a bargain for 28p , they are quite strong which is good.

shoperholicnot

almost forgot!
basic brown bread -quite good very low in fat and salt
basic onions big bag, small onions but this means i dont waste a massive onion
so good for me
basics white chocolate- quite nice

fuzzybear01

Basics assorted snacks pack 12. really good for a low cal snack. pack of onion rings are about 75 calories, and the cheese puffs only a bit more. Costs around 55p

1carminestocky

fuzzybear01 wrote: »

Basics assorted snacks pack 12. really good for a low cal snack. pack of onion rings are about 75 calories, and the cheese puffs only a bit more. Costs around 55p

49p last time I ordered and deffo a billy bargain. 4p per pack! And like you say comparitively healthy for crisps.

@shoperholicnot - re: the brown sauce. What we have done with both the brown and tomato sauces is decant it into a Heinz squeezy bottle and voila - no coming out in lumps (and great for blind taste testing with the kids!).

Bitsy_Beans

1carminestocky wrote: »

£6.99

No rum but they do Brandy for £7.04.

Typical I was nosing at the booze there the other day and they only had gin.......will keep scouring the shelves.

wannabe_sybil

1carminestocky wrote: »

£6.99

No rum but they do Brandy for £7.04.

One of the few home made gifts I can do for my sister in law is home made chilli vodka - though I am a little heavy handed on the chillies

Also fresh ginger chopped up with a little sugar added - positively medicinal - drink with ginger ale and caution.

I have had a bad experience with their value rice. It smelled extremely odd, tasted peculiar and is currently being ignored by the birds.

babs2008

wannabe_sybil wrote: »

One of the few home made gifts I can do for my sister in law is home made chilli vodka - though I am a little heavy handed on the chillies

What do you do to make chilli vodka - do you chop them all up? how long do you leave it for? etc

I love chillies and I can imagine it is great in a bloody mary.