Living Well on a Small Income in Japan 🇯🇵 | Grocery Haul & Summer Prep | Cold Pork Shabu-Shabu

Hi! I'm Tuma, a Japanese woman living in Tohoku, Japan. Enjoying the solo life. 🇯🇵 A summer grocery run on a tight budget. I passed the fruit section. I walked past the sushi. Back home, I froze a banana, set up the bug repellent, and ground sesame by hand for dinner. Maybe living richly isn't about how much you spend. Maybe it's about noticing the small joys, right in front of you. 🌱 I hope this feels like a quiet summer evening together ☀️ ───────────────────── ▶ RECIPE ───────────────────── 🍌 Frozen Banana Ice Cream (2 ingredients. Barely counts as cooking. Still delicious.) Ingredients (1 serving) ・Banana — 1 Instructions ① Cut banana in half and insert a skewer into each piece. ② Place in a zip-lock bag and mash slightly. ③ Freeze until solid. Done! ───────────────────── 🥩 Cold Pork Shabu-Shabu with Homemade Sesame Dressing (A Japanese summer staple — less stove time, more refreshing) Ingredients (1 serving) ・Thinly sliced pork — as much as you like ・Lettuce — as needed, cut into bite-sized pieces ・Tomato — as needed, cut into bite-sized pieces ・Tofu — as needed Instructions ① Heat water to just below boiling (no full bubbles). Cook pork slices one at a time. ② Immediately soak cooked pork in cold water to chill. ③ Arrange lettuce, tofu, pork, and tomato on a plate. Pour dressing over. - - - - - - - - - - 🫙 Homemade Sesame Dressing Ingredients ・White sesame — 2 tbsp, ground ・Miso — 1 tbsp ・Soy sauce — 1 tbsp ・Sesame oil — 1 tbsp ・Vinegar — 1 tsp ・Honey — 1 tsp (adjust to taste) ・Water — 30ml Instructions ① Grind sesame seeds with a mortar (pre-ground sesame works too). ② Mix miso, soy sauce, sesame oil, vinegar, and honey together. ③ Add ground sesame and mix well. Thin with water. Add more honey if needed. ───────────────────── 🎬 Quiet daily life of a solo woman living in rural Tohoku, Japan. ───────────────────── #livingalone #japanvlog #Tohoku #ruralJapan #dailylifeinjapan #groceryhaul #japansupermarket #coldpork #shabushabu #sesamedressing #japaneserecipe #summerrecipe #budgetcooking #bananacream #sololiving Your support helps me keep sharing good food and simple moments ☕️ Thank you always 🤍 🍙 https://buymeacoffee.com/Tumadaily