this is how my Japanese wife typically
eats cheap in a day
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previously I did a video on what Michael
my Japanese wife typically eats in a day
but this time I wanted to show you how
she eats super cheap per day less than
two dollars a meal breakfast lunch and
dinner and just like last time we're
gonna do things just a little bit
different and turn down the sound just a
little bit
Japanese wife maiko born and raised in
Japan and the mother of our two and a
half year old son and this is what she
typically eats in a day when she's by
herself and on a budget
first she cooks rice as it's one of the
best ways in Japan to save while also
satisfying her stomach As One Bowl costs
only about 20 to 30 cents
luckily Japanese are so passionate about
the rice including my wife that many
rice cookers can uniquely adapt to 40
different rice Brands and can also be
programmed for the desired results such
as moistness and firmness
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help but drink coffee in the morning
with milk even though it costs 90 cents
a cup her most expensive item of the day
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thank you
that's our special miso egg she prepared
last night the recipe was passed down
from her grandmother from IG pre-vector
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my Japanese wife also enjoys nicer deli
meats but got these marked down as they
were about to expire a common practice
in Japan for Frugal shoppers
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rice natto fermented beans takawan
pickled Daikon radish ham miso egg and a
cup of coffee total 272 Yen 1.99 and our
most expensive meal today
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and natto this is something she eats
almost every day she prefers to mix it
like this until it gets white and gets
the crush kind called hikiwari which has
a milder smell and taste compared to the
whole bean natto it's not necessarily A
cost-saving measure but it does help
that it's packed with nutrition for such
an affordable price
finally she makes sure to eat every last
piece of rice manner Japanese are taught
as kids so as not to be rude to the
farmers and chefs that created the meal
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now it's lunch time
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when my Japanese wife eats lunch at home
she prefers to prepare one large Dish as
opposed to multiple small ones to
minimize your cooking time so she can
get back to work
and since she's trying to minimize her
cost today she decides to go with a wafu
tarako Japanese style Cod roll pasta
with a Dashi base
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tarako itself is commonly eaten in Japan
both cooked and raw often added to
onigiri potato salad okonomiyaki and
many other Foods in fact I often see
Michael simply put it on top of a rice
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total 205 Yen about 1.49 quite a
satisfying and fulfilling meal for her
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thank you
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finally dinner time
first she prepares tonjiru a Japanese
pork and vegetable soup it's kind of
like a miso soup but with pork and lots
of vegetables so she often makes it when
she feels like she hasn't eaten enough
vegetables for the day
thank you
oh she's doing kakushi pojo a
traditional Japanese hidden cutting
technique that lightly scores the
surface of the food helping vegetables
marinate better and Grill faster
Angie uses our fish grill to cook her
eggplant also she covers it with tin
foil to save on time from having to wash
the grill later
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she now makes Yaki onigiri a Japanese
grilled rice ball the typical way to
make Yaki onigiri is to use white rice
and brush the surface with sauce and
make it extra crispy but Michael doesn't
like it too crispy so she Seasons the
rice instead and only grows it lightly
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and this is my Japanese wife's budget
dinner Yaki onigiri donjiru soup edamame
and grilled eggplant seasoned with sweet
vinegar and soy sauce total 228 Yen
about 1.66 the total for three meals
today
5.14 cents
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so that's how my Japanese wife eats
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