Sainsbury's Basics good/bad items

POSSETTE

Just had the choc covered digestive bars..20 in the pack. They are great,taste just like breakaways to me. highly rec.

bobwatson53

Here's my top 5...

1. Bread - it might not last as long as some of the more expensive loaves, but tastes great!

2. Tortilla chips - perfect if you're making some nachos. Super crunchy and a bargain at 25p for 100g!

3. Tea Bags - great taste and fair trade too!

4. Orange Juice - nice and sweet

5. Bin Liners - Strong and with a pretty impressive capacity. Probably the best bin bags I've ever used.

jcr16

tried the value rice. oh it is awful. no taste and one gloppy lump. i've tried lots of different wayt to cook but i just can't seem to make it nice. it is so starchy. one items won't be buying again. however think it is proberly the first so can't be bad really.

Buffy_the_Vampire_Bat

Update from the House of Buffy, October 2009:


1) Air freshener
2) Apples
3) Aubergines
4) Baby leaf salad
5) Back bacon
6) Baked beans
7) Baking potatoes
8) Bananas
9) Beef mince
10) Blue dishcloths
11) Brie
12) Carrots
13) Chicken breasts
14) Chocolate mousse
15) Chopped tomatoes
16) Cider
17) Cling film
18) Cooking apples
19) Cooking bacon
20) Cotton wool pads
21) Courgettes
22) Cream cheese – we mix this with smoked salmon trimmings for sandwiches, and with gammon and pineapple for sandwiches as well
23) Cream cleaner
24) Creme caramels
25) Curry sauce
26) Diced pork
27) Dried mix fruit
28) Fabric conditioner
29) Fish fingers
30) Foil
31) Garlic
32) German snack selection
33) Grated mozzarella
34) Greek style salad cheese (feta type) – we use this in cooking
35) Kiwi fruit
36) Lemonade
37) Mozzarella balls
38) Mushrooms
39) Onions
40) Parsnips
41) Part baked baguettes
42) Peanut butter – OH likes this on toast, and I use it when making satay sauce
43) Peppers
44) Pitta breads
45) Potatoes
46) Red kidney beans
47) Red wine
48) Rice – we use this for week day lunches at work
49) Rose wine
50) Salmon fillets
51) Scissors
52) Self raising flour
53) Shortbread fingers
54) Smoked salmon trimmings – we mix this with the cream cheese, some lemon or lime juice, and black pepper for sandwiches
55) Sparkling wine - lovely mixed with cranberry juice, but we’re happy drinking it on it’s own
56) Sponge scourers
57) Stuffing mix
58) Teabags
59) Tealights
60) Tinned pineapple – I have a tin of this each day as part of my lunch at work – at 13p why not?
61) Tissues
62) Toilet cleaner
63) Tomato ketchup
64) Tortilla chips – we like these with mixed herbs/coriander/chilli and grated cheddar cheese sprinkled on, and then popped under the grill for a bit
65) Tuna chunks
66) White chocolate
67) White wine
68) Yoghurts – OH likes these

Aiming for 100 items by Christmas 2009

QuincyBella

Diet Cola - NOT Value, but Sinsbury's own brand...very nice! No aspartame in them, so none of that bitterness you get with diet coke. I do like that none of their drinks contain aspartame as I find it such a strong flavour.

spikyspiky

Can I just add tinned minced beef and onions in gravy? No worse health wise than the regular, and yummy on a jacket spud, but strangely today same price as their 'normal' own brand both 98p. So I've bought one of each. Will taste test both and see what I think.

motherhen2234

QuincyBella wrote: »

Diet Cola - NOT Value, but Sinsbury's own brand...very nice! No aspartame in them, so none of that bitterness you get with diet coke. I do like that none of their drinks contain aspartame as I find it such a strong flavour.

Sainsburies have a no aspartame policy so all there drinks are aspartame free. I get all my diet coke (own brand bot basic) and squashes from there because of that.

jenniewb

Buffy_the_Vampire_Bat wrote: »

Update from the House of Buffy, October 2009:


23) Cream cleaner – we mix this with smoked salmon trimmings for sandwiches, and with gammon and pineapple for sandwiches as well

Are you sure? be careful with that one, think your oesophagus may disagree!

creased-leach

jenniewb wrote: »

Are you sure? be careful with that one, think your oesophagus may disagree!

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I'm so glad you noticed that too- thought I was seeing things! :rotfl:

QuincyBella

motherhen2234 wrote: »

Sainsburies have a no aspartame policy so all there drinks are aspartame free. I get all my diet coke (own brand bot basic) and squashes from there because of that.

I agree - their high-juices are really good. Sainsbury's soft drinks are far superior to other supermarket versions or Robinsons' IMO :beer: