A Week On Sainsbury's Basics DAY 7

[@TheCooperman666]

You had that brick of cheese all week and dident have cheese on toast for breakfast? It would've been better than dry toast you crazy man lol

[@FormerRuling]

What's really funny is one day he cheated for breakfast "because he had to" and we know he had in his fridge at the time: Sausages, eggs, potatoes, cheese, and bread. Lol

[@TheCooperman666]

@Ben Munday not for a week dumb dumb

[@propanawty9091]

He mistook cheese for marijuana and sold it

[@levelcatyna7854]

Ben Munday all week that’s one long soak

[@MonkeyMelissa3]

A week on the Gregg's diet (Gregg's released a diet plan last year showing how you can have 3 meals a day there and a snack and still lose weight by staying within your calories) obviously a bit of a marketing ploy but would be fun to see if it works

[@mettainacan7813]

Message to Grace: Tell him to clean the oven himself next time, ungrateful sod!

[@maxscardanelli6185]

She could've just cleaned it overnight.

[@GorgorothBergen-ns7il]

@Mac Daddy Definitely...😉

[@tsnight2791]

One question *Why did you choose to use that cheese on the last day please*

[@Bill-lt5qf]

buys a kg of cheese..... doesn't open it till day 7. im a sad man

[@DoodlesMcpooh]

Should've put 500g on the bolognese to make it palatable.

[@tahmedurrahman666]

This week went really quickly! I ain't gonna lie

[@killerwhalegaming8902]

Can you do a weeks on morrisons savers range

[@DoodlesMcpooh]

He probably will eventually. He's done the other major supermarkets.

[@happydayz3984]

This weird,why?

[@CJ-ox4oc]

Keep up the Week on vids! Worth the subscription and it's always nice to see Grace.. and Basil too!

[@MrBrownFilms]

I like these but the problem is the creativity in what you eat is absolutely terrible! You could have had cheese sandwiches all week!?

[@TheCooperman666]

cheese omelette's,cheese on toast,cheese plowmans,sandwiches,baked potato beans n cheese....the list is endless realy

[@FrigginTandy]

It was good to see him have things he wouldn't usually have. Like the PB&J sandwich. It's good to see him experience new foods and see his reactions do it

[@edbadyt]

There is nothing creative about eating cheese all week

[@margaretstannard5586]

Cheese and tuna melt sounds good👍You have had so OK food this week well done 😍

[@aaronchapman1306]

You should do either pound land or B&M bargins

[@monicaaaaah]

B and m would be good

[@jimmystardawg1506]

You should do a week on next time but include takeaway style food from the supermarket

[@10191927]

I have a suggestion, A week on potatoes. You can have as many potatoes as you want, you can make anything from simple fries/chips, to crisps, gnocchi, mashed, etc. you can add things to potatoes such as cheese, milk, salt pepper, but nothing outside of the potatoes itself.

[@thesweetestlaax8791]

Week on retro dinner! I.e each decade

[@markandrewward5718]

The sixth and final day ? How much of that vodka did you drink ? 😂

[@N7Biotic]

Yes I thought he said that 😂😂

[@rutter1ify]

💯👌

[@ECM05]

You should do A Week on Co-Op Simply Value

[@mattpownall4781]

Or coop irritable

[@mariedonnachie8784]

A week on wartime rations. A week on homecooked meals!

[@susanobrien4380]

Oh I see, you're drinking most of the week and then ignore Basil. No wonder he was so moody with you. Face it Mike, you're a bad servant for Basil. Bad Mike, bad! Oh and love to Basil!

[@richwilliams9895]

Some of basics range is really good. They rebranded the basics frozen ready meals to Stamford street and cut price and they are excellent ready meals. They also do a discount range called J James on fresh foods and that is apparently very good too. Basics mix veg frozen is good too as there’s no sweet corn in there lol. Thank you for doing it and show that there’s nothing to be afraid of buying basic/ value ranges from supermarkets and there is money to be saved by buying them instead of the big brands.

[@matthewrobinson2831]

You should do a week on the happy shopper brand food that you get from local corner shops. That would be interesting

[@MikeChapmanRC]

1kg of cheese... didnt put it on his beans on toast like I said before!!!! WHYYYY

[@Farrah42010]

Enjoyed watching the 7 day journey

[@pompeyftwpup5506]

I just got my copy of viral yesterday and I can’t put the book down

[@GreatSageSunWukong]

Pompey ftw PUP why is it really sticky

[@carollechowski561]

love the channel,love Grace and just like everyone else i totally love Basil.

[@BBC600]

My mum and I liked the fact you were wearing a NASA shirt as we had just finished reading “To Space and Back” by Sally Ride.

[@tim7733-e6w]

loved it mike looking forward to next one

[@sarahc643]

Mike, do you try everything that you buy for the week on? Are there extra foods that you have brought that you couldn't fit in the week? Enjoying your channel. Thanks

[@thomraider9193]

How dare you not grate that cheese on camera with a gadget? This is an absolute betrayal, Sir!

[@JezHax]

When buying the whole basic menu, how much food do you normally have left over?

[@doodleschucky]

I think their basics tinned sliced carrots are nicer than the more expensive versions, and the digestive biscuits are nice too.

[@maxscardanelli6185]

A Week-On Aldi or Lidl next? I wonder if you finished off that bottle of vodka within the week too...

[@david1976aful]

I’f that larger had have been 5%, at that price, every pisshead in the country would be drinking it. 😂

[@aalyssassecret]

Mike can you do a week on M Savers ❤️

[@georgelord7108]

Maybe your next week on could be Lidl or Morrison’s if you have one near by or if you can get them to deliver. As an after thought maybe even Iceland after all it might all be frozen but mums go to Iceland 😂😂

[@williamleinster3412]

Tortilla chips were missing with the chilli. Lol

[@BritishAdam]

Please do Morrisons Savers, as my local supermarket i use it a lot, a lot of good hits, but also a lot of bad misses in that range!

[@LUVBOTZ]

PB&J is pretty easy to eat if you *actually* put jam/jelly on the bread, which you didn't. I would also recommend putting seasoning in your tomato sauce, or else you're just eating a can of tomatoes over your pasta.

[@zoew1602]

I'm sick of tin openers, so I was pleased to see a ring pull on the basics tin of chilli.

[@N7Biotic]

Yes! I have issues with my hands. So using a can opener is pure agony! But I can easily open a pull ring. This the first time I've seen a value tin item that has a pull ring. Well done sainburys 👍👍

[@zoew1602]

@@N7Biotic I opened tuna the other day, all the flipping fishy water went over the tin opener so I have to wash it grrrrr!!! And true what you said, usually the basics range don't have ring pulls so indeed thumbs up to Sainsbury's!! ☺️

[@N7Biotic]

@@zoew1602 yes! I've had the trouble aswell with everything spilling everywhere 😩🤦🏼‍♀️ so annoying haha. even sometimes the lid falls in and gets stuck 😂

[@angeladelia7472]

For the tuna, "a little more dolphin but it's ok" lol

[@tahmedurrahman666]

Excellent video mate!

[@Rob-mi2qp]

Awesome little series keep up the good work, do aldi or lidl next

[@andyhart6588]

Can’t wait for a next week on Mike

[@N7Biotic]

Morrinsons Savers or Waitrose Essentials please! :) I haven't actually tried any of the Morrisons savers range due to not having a Morrisons anywhere near me! Used to live off the value range in any shop I lived by when I was a student 😂 Maybe you could Including washing liquid (washing machine liquid) to see how good the products are? And instead of alcohol 😂

[@BryanMinnix]

Can you please explain the "Nicely Spiced for jackets or rice" on the Chili can? What does chili have to do with a jacket?

[@astralynex2439]

Some people are weird and have chili as a jacket potato topping. Freaks.

[@BryanMinnix]

@@astralynex2439 Ah... Chili on a baked potato isn't that weird. I simply forgot that I've herd Mike refer to Baked Potatoes as Jacket Potatoes.

[@MayorOfEarth79]

2% ABV Beer? Damn that's peasant's beer.

[@BeckyRyder89]

A week on Morrison's savers? Some stuff is pretty tasty!

[@ClassicGamerX11]

I swear my local sainsbury's doesn't do even half these basic items. Which is a shame because most of their products are overpriced Rather shop at Aldi every day of the week.

[@MarkNorville]

@Brit Shanks the prick spent £10.50 on a bottle of vodka and £4 on a bag of sweets. So if you take that £15 away yes it is still too much. However aldi is not cheap. I could feed myself for near enough a month on the £15 that this prick has wasted on booze and chocolate. Try a slow cooker.

[@MarkNorville]

@Amrin Ibaa A slow cooker 3.5 ltr will do around 7 bowls of what ever you cook. It would depend upon your bowl size though. A bag of mince costs £3.50 from iceland and a total of £5 for the rest of the ingredients. It works out to 71p a serving. 10 sausages £1 total with other ingredients let's say £4 57p a portion for sausage casserole. So that is two weeks worth of meals for £9. When you slow cook meat you can buy the cheap stuff as it tastes a lot better slow cooking than it does frying.

[@richwilliams9895]

Supermarkets are clever they know how affluent an area is. If it’s and tailor the range around it lol. My local Asda cut nearly all value range cut back on own label and had shelves full of branded stuff straight after the refit in store lol.

[@thetruthwillout9094]

Wow, holyfuckballs. I bought your book Viral a week ago (it sounds really good on the back so thats why i bought it but haven't had chance to read it yet) and this comes up as a recommendation for a vid so I decided to watch it. It's either a fucking humongous coincidence or Google really are watching us. Anyway, I've watched a load of your vids today and loved each one in a strange way 😊. Do you have a PO box that once I read your book I can send it to you to sign for me?

[@squinqz8bp230]

"holyfuckballs" you sir, are amazing.

[@s125ish]

Cos you bought it online and it's picked up. My phone listens to conservations and then suggestions come up later spooky

[@thetruthwillout9094]

@@s125ishDon't be so presumptuous, I actually bought it in a second hand book shop, I only picked it up because it looked brand new.

[@korm7875]

Would you do a vegan week at aldi or lidl? ?

[@Stoudman]

chili rice and cheese! that's also a popular dish in the US. Random note.

[@BeeinTX]

So, what is a hob? (I’m American)

[@lucy.laufeyson.]

love this, you could try using supermarket basics food as a vegetarian/vegan 😂

[@maisierawle3954]

please try a week on Morrisons Eat Smart :)

[@elliottdodson50]

A week on gluten free would be cool, seeing as you did vegan etc. Or a week on Keto ?

[@IggyBoiOutOfSpite]

Hoping you do a Morisons savers next

[@abarrett3919]

that lager was about the most depressing looking item in this series XD

[@krzychuka]

one basic beer please

[@krucefix]

here i'm sitting here drinking my light local beer, seeing that Mike is cracking open a beer of his own, so i'm sending a mental "cheers" to the screen, and then he says its a 2%... my jaw dropped, that something like that exists, its pretty much liquid bread, even this very light (Cēsu premium from Latvia, in case you want to do a foreign foods thing some day), is a 5.2%, don't know about GB, but dark beers reach 6-7%, hell, we even have a few light beers at the 7% range, whats going on there in the strange land called Britain?

[@tahmedurrahman666]

Morrisons Savers and Waitrose Essentials week on please!

[@SquidgyPixel]

Aren't you forgetting Simply M&S as well? ;)

[@stephenward2743]

Honestly the packaging that belittles you for buying the cheap shit is quite clever, makes you want to spend the extra cash on the premium product and sets your expectations lmao

[@shardstorm21]

you could of had vodka and chocolate for breakfast.

[@WhatHoSnorkers]

I came here to say that! Would have been an interesting way to liven up the Sunday papers!

[@JustinKoenigSilica]

Have had *

[@Crimson_Logic]

Do a week on Waitrose

[@alisonclark75]

Mike do either a week on what i normally eat or a week on the serving suggestion. That will get views!!

[@MrBiggzVlogs]

Can you do a week on Morrison cheap food please thanks

[@JohnDoe-hv3vz]

Week on dumpster diving

[@levelcatyna7854]

John Doe sounds interesting

[@drunkenhobo8020]

If you want something current, how about a week on no single-use plastics? Everything you buy must be bought either loose or in packaging that doesn't contain plastic. And that doesn't mean a week on solely frozen fish fingers.

[@Awakeandalive1]

"I can't get it out with one hand!" Braggart.

[@jpjpvds]

Do a week on "not from the supermarket!" Only fresh cooking from local bakers, butchers, fishmongers and whatever shop that isn't part of a chain!!

[@emilynorman6074]

I really enjoy week on own brands

[@Bucky749]

How many gray shirts do you have ?

[@pingu090]

I have a suggestion - try huel for a week, it's a meal replacement drink that claims you can just live off the stuff without eating any solids permanently (they want to convert people to liquid food), it looks interesting and there are different flavours you could try to make the videos interesting

[@ticklemyheart44]

I want that Gameboy notebook.....

[@alexc9985]

Do a week on takeaways! You could do Chinese, Indian, Mexican, Italian, English, American and Turkish

[@PeachsTheFox]

What about a week on ONESTOP brand items ?

[@RUFU58]

I always wondered what astronauts do on their downtime.

[@aimski6988]

Still waiting for Morrison's

[@indiac-c9700]

Can you work out the price per portion next time? Like if cheese cost £4 but you only use an 1/8 of a block then it would be 50p for the serving

[@joannegray5138]

Yoghurt and berries with cereal would have made a nice breakfast - a DIY Fruit/Crunch Corner.

[@MonkeyMelissa3]

A week on alcohol (all liquids consumed alcohol)

[@elliottdodson50]

Get some better morals Melissa

[@MonkeyMelissa3]

@@elliottdodson50 it's his choice to do and he's an adult, a lot of people do it unintentionally when on holiday im sure he'll be fine

[@diedertspijkerboer]

Just add a splash of wodka to every meal.

[@shardstorm21]

a week of alcohol and red meat.

[@fanime1]

Internet Forever covered a guy who did that for Lent. He did a vlog discussing the experience if you're curious.

[@tobyharper8614]

How about a week on weak lager?

[@diedertspijkerboer]

I would like to know how much money's worth of food was left at the end and how much was eaten by Grace. I should think at least GBP 9 (half the wodka and 80% of the cheese).

[@briocheoleary5043]

A week on Indian food. Including Indian Breakfasts!! 😃

[@loulou7963]

I want a tuna melt now !

[@jakegibson6473]

You should do a week on aldi or lidl!

[@Dan-hv2fv]

How do you start because you weigh the next day which should be monday but obviously its not??!!

[@davidpowellfusion]

How about a week in aldiss and lidql

[@AliciaMc89]

How about a week on Poundland?

[@zuhoormohtadi2787]

5:29 that was a fart LOL

[@benhook6500]

You should do a week on ket.

[@AVFCAM]

The weight gain is totally down to portions and excess of cheese etc...

[@jamiecullen9075]

I felt sick even looking at the larger 🤮 Also Mike could you do a video comparison on all the value or basics range of all the shops you've done so far?

[@spaceinaspace8452]

Do a week on Pot Noodle *Rules* have a pot noodle every breakfast, lunch and dinner. Have all the flavors and have both standard and king size.

[@suededogs9670]

Keep the bread in the fridge , it will not go moldy

[@MissyLondon.]

Mike loved Sainsburys basic week on. And I know I’ve asked you before BUT PLEASE DO A WEEK ON JAMAICA 🇯🇲 at a CARIBBEAN restaurant. I know you don’t like spicy stuff. But you can order the food how you want it. It would be a nice change for you. And you’d get to know a bit of the Caribbean too ❤️

[@michaeladamidis9969]

I don't understand why you needed the oven to have breakfast.... Cereal,tost,juice, yoghurt etc

[@liamm5799]

No milk or butter

[@michaeladamidis9969]

@@liamm5799 he's broken the rules for milk already :) And he's had tost without butter just jam or honey.

[@Qwepzy]

Combine water/Wheat and you have Basic lager LOl

[@reubennaran6355]

Love the vids. Whenever you mentioned grace I always thought it was your dogs name and then watching the oven cleaning moment it was mad to realize that grace is your partner. I always thought 100% that you are single as my partner would never let me do these weeks on as she wants me to live a long healthy life 😂 anyway man nice videos

[@mapesdhs597]

13:25 - Tesco does an ordinary garlic baguette for 35p. Two of them with a cream of tomato & basil soup tub is a tasty and cheap meal for two. Mike, you mentioned your own cooking. There's a heck of a lot you can do to make meals which taste really good, don't cost that much and are not difficult to prepare. Two examples... If you use Tesco then check out their bags of frozen mixed rice, called, "4 steam bags of white & wild rice with steam vegetables", 1.75 a bag (so about 44p/portion), they go very well with various things, eg. lightly dusted haddock fillet (tad pricey but worth it for some healthy fish), or - one of my favourite combos - grilled thin pork loin steak and either mixed baby leaf lettuce (or crispy, your preference) or a fast-stir-fried mix of chunky mushroom, red pepper, garlic, chilli and ginger with a few spices. Serve with garlic bread covered with some mozarella, oven cooked for 8 mins on high (this is better than premade garlic bread & cheese), bit of garlic butter on the pork. I call this porky rice. Total cost about 2.50 to 3.50 per person depending on rice vs. stir-fry-mix, quantity of garlic bread munched, whether one loin steak each or 1.5 each if we're hungry. If having the lettuce version, spice it up with some sweet chilli sauce on the grilled pork, and sprinkle fresh lemon juice over the lettuce. Here's a recipe my gf makes which is awesome: place two chicken breasts with garlic butter and white wine inside a tin foil pouch (normal aluminium foil folded up, small hole in the top for steam vent), in a pyrex dish, in a highish oven (middle shelf) for 25 mins. 5 mins after the chicken goes in, microwave a decent size potato for 4 or 5 mins (5 mins for a larger tater, start earlier if doing two potatoes for two people), turn over & repeat, then cut in half and add to the oven top shelf on a baking tray for the final 10 mins to crisp up. Now put some thin green beans on the hob (so this is about 10 mins in; if you like crispier beans, leave starting this for a few mins more). With 10 mins to go, make up a simmered sauce in a small pan using the juice of two lemons, garlic butter, water and corn flour (the latter mixed initially with cold water of course, don't add it straight to hot water). When the chicken is done, pour all the juices from the tin foil pouch into the sauce pan, simmer until the sauce is quite thick (don't go overboard with the corn flour). Serve up the baked tatty, green beans and chicken, pour the lemon sauce over the chicken & beans, plonk some normal butter on the tatty, commence face stuffing. You will be in flavour and texture heaven. The lemon flavour with the chicken & garlic is fantastic, the whole combination just works; sauce with the beans, tatty to mop things up, etc. This is a butter heavy dish but I'm British and I don't care. :D If you're ever up in Edinburgh, stop by and we'll make it for you. :) Re the garlic butter, sadly Tesco does not sell this (anymore). Get it from Asda or larger Coops, it's called, "Kerrymaid Garlic Spreadable", typically 95p for 4x 20g pouches. If I see it on a shelf, I buy every pack on the shelf. :D My own recipes during the week tend to be thai-style stir fry variations using Singapore or medium egg noodles, from the very simple to the rather complex that needs more preparation time. An easy one though is thick sliced bacon, fresh garlic, fresh ginger, fresh red chill, spring onion and sweet red pepper (add mushroom for a bulkier meal, use normal onion if preferred). Chop up the veg so the pieces are long and thin. Prepare the garlic/ginger/chill (chunkier pieces will make for a more punchy flavour). Chop up the bacon into pieces half an inch or less (once slice of bacon if it's a midday munch, two for an evening meal). Note I use smoked bacon which comes as 6 slices/pack. Get some medium egg noodles on the go in a pan of boiling water (I use Sharwoods which come in packs of 5 portions; use a whole portion for an evening meal, more like half or 2/3rds of a portion for a midday munch). Add some oil to a wok and get it hot & smoking (I use extra virgin olive oil, keep buying the big bottles when they're on offer), fry off the bacon until not quite starting to brown. Melt in some garlic butter and add the veg and garlic/ginger/chilli, some hot paprika, dried basil, light soy and - if you want some extra heat - a sprinkle of thai style spice mix (or just use two fresh chillis). Fry a little and then add a little white wine and the juice of half a lime (or a whole lime if preparing for two). Get it all fried off somewhat; If the wok looks like it's getting a bit dry, ladle some water over from the noodle pan. How saucy you want the main mix is up to you, I prefer it kinda dry whereas my gf prefers it with some sauce to spare (soak up the sauce with some bread or prawn crackers); for the latter, just add extra water from the noodle pan and stir it in. With only a minute or two to go, add some fresh chopped basil and, if you like them, a sprinkle of pine nut kernels. Drain the noodles; use some of the water from the pan to bolster the main mix if desired. For serving, either put the noodles on a plate and put the mix on top, or add the noodles to the wok and mix it all through (preferences vary). With a slightly longer cooking time, one can do the same recipe using thin sliced chicken or pork. For beef, buy the thin frying steaks and fry it thinly sliced on its own first with a little of the garlic/ginger/chill & wine, put it to one side in a warmed dish, then do everything else as above and just add the beef back in when the fresh basil goes in - this prevents the beef from being overcooked. I've done numerous variations of these, different noodles, sometimes with added lemon grass paste and galangal, etc. Here's an older version with chunkier beef, flat noodles and seaweed flakes: www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/thaibeefchillinoodle.jpg Later version with thin beef and medium egg noodles: www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/thaibeefchillinoodle2.jpg A version with chunkier chicken and dark soy (quite strong): www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/chicken_chilli_basil.jpg Another with beef (back when this was taken I hadn't yet started adding pine kernels): www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/P1020755s.jpg I try different things frequently, most recently with Tesco's thin Singapore noodles, which of course are ready to add straight to the wok. These recipes require a bit of time to prepare the ingredients but they cook very fast. Note they will not work so well for two if your cooker can't keep a wok hot (honestly, I'd prefer gas cooking for this). NB1: pine nut kernels are expensive. Shop around to find a better price. Not essential but a good addition for a healthier diet. NB2: I use sweet red peppers (Tesco's finest) because they last a very long time in the fridge, and check the packs in the shelf basket, look for the ones which have three inside instead of two by mistake, extra 100g for free. :) NB3: I prefer red chillis, but you could use green instead of course. Note that chillis from a proper chilli plant do taste nicer, but the plants have a habit of making way too many chillis ready for use all at once. One time I did have a plant though that made its chillis become ripe at a sensible place, they were excellent, definitely nicer than the packs one can buy. I think my gf bought the chilli plant from Sainsburys. NB4: buy proper basil plants, not packets of cut basil leaves. The plants last *ages*; just cut off the largest leaves each time, keep the pot in a bowl with plenty of water, good light each day. I had one plant last three months this way (smaller leaves just keep growing), whereas packets of cut "fresh" basil leaves often won't last more than a few days. NB5: don't buy the cheapo garlic bulbs, they're smaller and don't taste as nice. NB6: leave in the seeds & pulp from the chillis if you want it extra hot, but personally I remove them, though the thai spice mix if I add some does have some seeds (careful with that stuff, easy to make the meal too hot). NB7: I find if I use fresh ginger that's been kept for a few days it's juicier, I prefer it this way. NB8: Remember to break up dried noodles in the pan with a wooden spoon as they're cooking. For reduced eating messyness, snap the dried slice from the packet into 6 or 8 pieces at the start, this prevents having mega long noodle strands that spray sauce everywhere. You can vary these in numerous ways to taste, add pineapple or other types of veg. Infact, they're still pretty good even without any meat, ideal for vegetarians. Oh, a can of fizzy mango juice goes well with any of them. :) Ian. PS. Sometimes I go through a pseudo-Med/Italian phase. Here's chicken/tomato/garlic penne pasta, oven roasted mixed Med veg/peppers & herbs, lettuce with red onion mixed through, sprinkles of Grana Pedano cheese, half a lemon for the lettuce (and yes I overcooked the cheesy garlic bread, a rare screwup): www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/P1030311s.jpg Was bloody good though. :)

[@PHS.44]

Get a life.

[@mapesdhs597]

@@PHS.44 Not an argument.

[@xedalpha1]

A week on Poundland!

[@robertsistrunk6631]

Put the oven on 270 degrees for 1 hour

[@bazooka93]

Watching this, sipping Morrisons Savers bitter.