Would just like to hear your average cost per meal when cooking at home, and what you are able to cook for that cost.
I cook dinner for two people (nutritious meals that are usually some combination of meat/fish, miso soup, salad and rice) and aim to keep it around ¥1000, but with the grocery prices in my area lately, it’s closer to ¥1500. I feel like I’m pretty frugal and careful to select things that are reasonably priced, but maybe I’m not being as careful as I think I am!
I live in Yokohama area.
Thanks in advance!
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¥300 for a curry dinner and similar for a sandwich lunch. Less than ¥1,000 a day for all my meals. Sometimes I make spaghetti in bulk and hit around ¥300 a meal for that too.
Honestly I’ve probably never really broken it down but the cost of making miso (from scratch) and rice are fairly minimal.
Salad will cost a bit depending on what exactly goes into said salad. Cabbage/lettuce is cheap, stuff like a bell pepper… yeah, at Â¥200ish just for one… no, lol.
Meat/fish- yeah, that’s probably where a lot of the money is going here. I often swap meat for the cheap packets of tofu.
Vegetables -??? Again, depends on what you buy. I don’t tend to buy expensive things and just stick to domestic daikon/carrots/the cheap mushrooms in the big packs/etc.
Fruits – RIP lol (unless you grow your own)
Some supermarkets are cheaper than others, ok store, co-op are on the cheap end of things but if you’re shopping at somewhere like seijo-ishii, yeah, you might want to go elsewhere for savings.
1000yen or less.
I go shopping late night to get those discounts on food that is close to expiration date lol.
My food budget is 30,000 a month for two adults(Last month was around 28,000 total spent). About 500 yen a day per person.
These days it feels like too much. I cook for a family of 4 with extra left over for my lunch the next day. It depends on the meal, but a semi home made spaghetti meal is about 300 yen per serving. Chicken and veggies and optional rice about 280 yen per person. Breakfast though goes about 400 yen. Typical Japanese dinner is also about 300 yen per person, but can be less or more depending on the fish and miso soup ingredients.