How a Single Mom Spends Halloween in Japan 🇯🇵 | $18 Pumpkin Stew & Cake

Hi! I'm Suu 🍎 A single mom living with my daughter in rural Tohoku, Japan. I don't usually do anything special for Halloween, but I wanted to enjoy a little of the Halloween mood — at least at dinner — so I made a dinner full of pumpkin dishes at home 🎃 I also picked up some cute new tableware, which made it such a satisfying day ❤️ Today's grocery haul came to ¥2,675 (≈ $18 / €16.50). 🍴 Today's menu ■ Homemade Pumpkin Stew Ingredients: chicken thigh, onion, carrot, bunashimeji mushrooms, pumpkin, butter Seasoning: salt, pepper & black pepper / 2 tbsp rice flour / 500ml soy milk (regular milk is fine too) / 2 tsp consommé / 1 tsp miso (secret touch) / a little basil ▶ How to make: ① Sauté the chicken and onion in butter, season with salt & pepper, then add the rest of the ingredients. ② Add the rice flour, soy milk, consommé and pumpkin, and let it simmer. ③ Mash the pumpkin until it melts in, and adjust with a little more consommé and salt. ④ Blend in 1 tsp of miso, then finish with a touch of basil. ■ Pumpkin Rice-Flour Cake Ingredients: pumpkin, 2 eggs, 100ml soy milk, 1 tbsp rice flour, 1 tbsp honey ▶ How to make: ① Microwave the pumpkin until soft. ② Press the softened skin into a mold as the base. ③ Mash the flesh, then mix in the eggs, soy milk, rice flour and honey. ④ Pour into the mold and bake at 170°C (340°F) for 35 minutes. Give it a try if you'd like ☺️ Every little bit of support means the world to this small channel 🤍 🍎https://buymeacoffee.com/suuinjapan Thank you for being here 🤍 #livinginjapan #japanlife #reallifeinjapan #dailylifeinjapan #frugalliving #smallincome #singlemom #japanesecooking #japanesehomecooking #halloween #pumpkin #slowliving #simpleliving #cozyvlog #Tohoku