22 Cheap Dinners My Japanese Grandparents Ate When Money Ran Out

Get My New Book: 'The Art of Japanese Cooking' from me and my grandma. 👉 https://frugaljapan.shop/ Easy to make Japanese recipes that your family will enjoy :) -------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to the Frugal Japan channel. -------------------------------------------------------------- When grocery money was tight, my Japanese grandparents made simple, filling suppers from rice, eggs, cabbage, flour, miso, and whatever vegetables were on sale. I’m counting down 22 of their budget-friendly meals—and sharing how a few everyday ingredients could feed the whole table without making anyone feel like they were missing out. I’ll show you ideas like ochazuke made with leftover rice, flour dumpling soup, ketchup spaghetti, cabbage-packed okonomiyaki, and a comforting potato miso soup. I’ll also share ways to stretch meat, turn leftovers into croquettes, make several suppers from one chicken, and get the most out of end-of-week hot pot. Most ingredients are easy to find at an American grocery store, and I’ll point out which ones may be easier to find at an Asian market. 0:00 - Cheap Japanese suppers 1:09 - Ochazuke from leftover rice 3:11 - Flour dumpling soup 6:52 - Ketchup spaghetti 9:19 - Stretching meat with soboro 11:34 - A filling potato miso soup 13:50 - The pattern behind cheap suppers 15:50 - Fish scrap soup 18:07 - Cabbage-packed okonomiyaki 19:18 - Homemade Japanese curry 22:12 - Turning leftovers into croquettes 23:33 - One chicken, three suppers 26:16 - End-of-week hot pot 27:40 - Simmered soybeans for the week #BudgetCooking #FrugalLiving #ComfortFood #JapaneseFood