3 Days of Lazy Meals, Just for Myself 🇯🇵 | Cheap & Real Japanese Home Cooking

Hi! I'm Tuma, a Japanese woman living in Tohoku, Japan. Enjoying the solo life. 🇯🇵 Three real days of meals — nothing staged, nothing fancy. Bean sprouts, tofu, a can of mackerel I almost threw away. Lazy doesn't mean careless. It means I know what's enough. I hope this feels like quiet company on an ordinary day. 🌱 ───────────────────── ▶ RECIPE ───────────────────── 🍚 Moyashi-don (Bean sprout donburi — lazy one-bowl dinner) Ingredients (1 serving) ・Bean sprouts — ½ bag ・Garlic chives — ½ bunch, cut into bite-sized pieces ・Eggs — 2 ・Oyster sauce — 1 tbsp ・Mayonnaise — 1 tbsp ・Powdered chicken broth — 2 tsp ・Cooked rice — 1 bowl Instructions ① Mix eggs, oyster sauce, mayonnaise, and powdered chicken broth in a bowl. ② Stir-fry bean sprouts and garlic chives in an oiled pan. ③ Pour in the egg mixture and stir quickly. Spoon over rice. ───────────────────── 🫑 Mugen Piman (Endless peppers — so good you can't stop eating) Ingredients (1 serving) ・Bell peppers — 2–3, sliced ・Bean sprouts — ½ bag ・Mentsuyu — to taste ・Garlic — to taste ・Ginger — to taste ・Powdered chicken broth — to taste ・White sesame — to finish Instructions ① Stir-fry bean sprouts and bell peppers in an oiled pan until cooked through. ② Add mentsuyu, garlic, ginger, and powdered chicken broth. Stir-fry a little more. ③ Top with white sesame. ───────────────────── 🍆 Spicy Eggplant & Thick-Fried Tofu Stir-Fry Ingredients (1 serving) ・Eggplant — 2, cut into irregular chunks ・Thick-fried tofu (aburaage) — 1 piece, cut into bite-sized pieces ・Potato starch — to coat ・Sugar — 1 tbsp ・Mentsuyu — 2 tbsp ・Gochujang — ½ tbsp ・Garlic — 1 tsp ・Ginger — 1 tsp ・Chili pepper — 1 ・White sesame — to finish Instructions ① Coat eggplant chunks in oil. Coat tofu in potato starch. ② Stir-fry eggplant and tofu together in a pan. ③ Add sugar, mentsuyu, gochujang, garlic, ginger, and chili pepper. Stir-fry until combined. ④ Top with white sesame. ───────────────────── 🍝 Miso Mackerel Pasta (Invented on the spot — turned out great) Ingredients (1 serving) ・Pasta — 1 serving ・Canned simmered mackerel in miso — 1 can (including the liquid) ・Garlic — to taste ・Chili pepper — 1 ・Olive oil — as needed ・Frozen myoga — a few pieces (optional) ・Shiso — julienned, to finish ・White sesame — to finish Instructions ① Fry garlic and chili pepper in olive oil. ② Add canned mackerel, breaking it up slightly. Pour in the liquid from the can. ③ Add cooked pasta and myoga. Toss everything together. ④ Top with shiso and white sesame. ───────────────────── 🎬 Quiet daily life of a solo woman living in rural Tohoku, Japan. ───────────────────── #livingalone #japanvlog #Tohoku #ruralJapan #dailylifeinjapan #lazycooking #japanesemeals #whatieatinaday #solocooking #budgetmeals #japaneserecipe #easyrecipe #donburi #sabacanned #sololiving Your support helps me keep sharing good food and simple moments ☕️ Thank you always 🤍 🍙 https://buymeacoffee.com/Tumadaily