With just a sprinkle of inspiration, create gorgeous dishes worthy to upload on your SNS stream! Welcome to Arisa Shirai’s recipe series! With just a few ideas, turn ordinary food into a beautiful photogenic dish!
Today, we will be looking at a recipe for “Kohaku-tou”. Literally translating to “amber sugar”. These traditional Japanese sweets sparkle like jewels.
■Ingredients
・Powdered agar — 3g
・ Sugar — 140g
・ Water — 150ml
・Your favourite fruit sauce, liqueur or syrup— 1tbsp
（I will be demonstrating today’s recipe using a teaspoon of the following: strawberry syrup, blueberry syrup and Blue Hawaii.)
・Tupperware
■How to make
① Pour the water, sugar and powdered agar into a pan on medium heat. When the mixture starts to form strings, start to mix thoroughly.
② Add the syrups to your Tupperware container.
③ Pour the mixture in the pan into the Tupperware container from a spoon and mix well. Once mixed, smooth out the surface of the mixture and leave to set at room temperature for more than 2 hours.
④ Once the sweets are fully hardened, remove the block from the container and using a kitchen knife, cut the block at an angle to create uneven cuts, enhancing the jewel-like texture of the sweets.
⑤ Leave the sweets in a ventilated environment for more than two days to dry the sweets, enhancing the crunchy texture. You can also eat them before drying them.
A mild and sweet taste, crunchy on the outside, yet soft on the inside — a wonderful combination! Switch the syrups for juice or alcohol for new fun flavours!
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With just a small touch, turn everyday food into something cute with Kaori’s recipe series! With a few simple ideas, an ordinary recipe magically transforms into a cute dish. Today we’ll be looking at a recipe that uses strawberries to make a cute Hello Kitty sandwich!
■ Ingredients
・Sliced bread
・Strawberries
・Fresh cream
・Sliced cheddar cheese
・Chocolate sheets
・Cutter
■How to make
1: Cut two slices of bread into the shape of Hello Kitty’s face
2: Slice the strawberries
3: Spread fresh cream on one side of the Hello Kitty “face”
4: Layer the sliced strawberries on top of the slice of bread with the fresh cream, place another layer of bread on top to make a sandwich.
5: With a third slice of bread, make two hands for Hello Kitty.
6: Use the chocolate to make the eyes and whiskers, the cheddar cheese to make the nose, and the strawberries to make a ribbon for Hello Kitty. Use the face you cut out from the bread as a reference for size.
7: Attach the whiskers, eyes and nose to the bread using some fresh cream as glue.
8: The hands made in step 5 will now be made into a foundation. Please cut them as shown in the picture.
9: Pile the remaining slices of bread on top of each other to make a foundation layer. Place this behind the Hello Kitty head to raise it high.
10：Place the strawberry sandwich on top of the foundation layer. Put the hands in place and garnish with a strawberry – and you’re done!
11：This is how it looks from a side view…now let’s eat the remaining bread and fresh cream as a light snack! ♪
Kaori also invites you into her world of character-themed rice dishes in her recipe series! Please check out her Instagram where she has uploaded many pictures of her character dishes!
■Profile
Kaori Kubota（@kaopan27）
Kaori lives in Hokkaido and enjoys making dinners, sweet treats and character food using bread ♡ Kaori also loves to experiment with small tricks for easy character-themed ▶@kaopan27
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With just a small bit of ingenuity, turn everyday food into something cute using Kaori’s recipe series! With a few simple ideas, an ordinary recipe magically transforms into a cute dish. Let us introduce to you, “Pompompurin-chan’s Sweet Potato.”
■Ingredients (to make seven pieces)
・Mujirushi Ryohin
・Jibunde Tsukuru Sweet Potato Mix – one bag (140g)
・Milk 140~150g
・Unsalted butter 50g
・Cocoa powder half of a tea spoon
・Egg yolk one
・Water one tea spoon ※mix it with egg yolk in advance
■How to make②Put Sweet Potato Mix, milk, butter into the ball and mix them together.
(Put the butter in a heat-resistent container. Cover the container with cellophane wrap and heat it up in a microwave for 30〜40 seconds)
③Mix them with a spatula until it gets hard as shown in the picture above.
④First, make the face.
Each piece should be 30g. Roll it like a rice ball to make the surface smooth and shape it to a trapezoid-shape.
⑤Next, make the ears
Each piece should be 3g. Roll them and shape them into a water drop-shape.
⑥Make the hat.
The cloth should be 21g. Color it with cocoa powder. Roll each piece (3g) and shape them to dome shapes. Put the ear and hat on the face.
⑦After Purin-chan’s form is completed, coat it with egg yolk mixed with water so as to make the surface smooth. Use your fingers when coating it.
When coating it with egg yolk, put egg yolk on the location where the arrow indicates so that the pieces will not come off when it is baked.
⑧First, bake it for 5 minutes in the oven (180 degrees) and continue to bake it for another 5 minutes or until it is brown.(Watch it carefully in order to prevent it from burning.)
It will be completed when it looks like the piece shown in the picture.
⑨Ｗrite the face
☆Write the nose with melted chocolate using the flat side of a toothpick.
☆The nose of Purin-chan is shaped like a flipped triangle. Like this → ▽
☆Next, draw the eyes and mouth using a toothpick.
Use the pointed side of the toothpick when drawing the mouth. (Draw these parts carefully so that you do not rip the dough.)
☆Finally, to fix the hat on the head, use a fried pasta so that hat will be stabilized.(Check the last article for instructions about the pasta.)
Coat the hat with chocolate.
Finished!
Kaori also invites you into her world of character-themed rice dishes in her recipe series! Please check out her Instagram where she has uploaded many pictures of her character dishes!
■Profile
Kaori Kubota（@kaopan27）
Kaori lives in Hokkaido and enjoys making dinners, sweet treats and character food using bread ♡
Kaori also loves to experiment with small tricks to crate easy character-themed sweets @kaopan27
Related article：Kaori’s easy recipe – Learn how to make “Hello Kitty’s Tear & Share Bread”
Related article：Kaori’s easy recipe – learn how to make a “Kero Kero Keroppi’s Green Tea Pound Cake”
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With just a small bit of ingenuity, turn everyday food into something cute using Kaori’s recipe series! With a few simple ideas, an ordinary recipe magically transforms into a cute dish.
Let us introduce to you, “Minions Cup Omelet Rice”.
■1: Ingredients
・2 cups of rice （to make the chicken rice）
・Some carrots
・Some green peppers
・Some corn
・Ketchup 3 tablespoons
・A little black pepper
・Two eggs（one whole egg, one egg yolk only）
・Sliced cheese –one slice
・Sliced cheddar cheese-one slice
・Some laver
・Fried pasta（please look at Purin-chan instructions）
・Circle cookie cutter
・Punch for laver
・corn starch（to make thinly fried omlet）
・Circular containers to put the omelet rice in（for this recipe, paper cups purchased at a ￥100 shop were used）
2: First, make the chicken rice. Cut carrots and green peppers into small pieces and fry them with some corn. When the carrots become soft, add the rice and fry some more. Next, add some ketchup and black pepper.
☆Add other ingredients to your liking
☆Add enough ketchup to make the chicken rice to give it a strong flavor
3: Put the chicken rice into the cups.
4: Fly the eggs to make a thin omelet. In order to make the omelet the bright yellow, use one whole egg and one egg yolk. Next, add cornstarch blended with water and filter it through a strainer.
☆The reason cornstarch blended with water is added is to avoid the omelet from tearing.
Next, pour the egg mixture into a fry pan and make the omelet. Be careful that the omelet is not burn.
Fry over a low heat and when the surface consolidates, turn the heat off and wait until it cools. When it can be touched, pull away the egg omelet with your hands. Place the fried surface so that it faces top.
5: Next, turn the circular cup over and cut out some circular pieces of omelet. Be careful that it does not tear.
6: Place these circular pieces of omelet on top the cup-filled chicken rice.
7: Now, let’s make the character parts. Cut the laver as is shown in the photo. Cut out some circular pieces of cheese and cut a sheet of laver so that it is a larger circle than the cheese. Next, cut a sheet of laver into some circular shapes which are smaller than the cheese.
Place a dab of mayonnaise to make the center of the eyes. For one of the eyes, place the mayonnaise at the bottom of the eye lid.
8: Use the laver punch and to make the mouth parts.
Use the pieces of deep fried pasta to make the hair as shown in the photo. Finally, place a dab of ketchup on the cheeks to make them red.
Kaori also invites you into her world of character-themed rice dishes in her recipe series! Please check out her Instagram where she has uploaded many pictures of her character dishes!
■Profile
Kaori Kubota（@kaopan27）
Kaori lives in Hokkaido and enjoys making dinners, sweet treats and character food using bread ♡
Kaori also loves to experiment with small tricks to crate easy character-themed sweets @kaopan27
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With just a small bit of ingenuity, turn everyday food into something cute using Kaori’s recipe series! With a few simple ideas, an ordinary recipe magically transforms into a cute dish.
This time, let us introduce to you, “Rilakkuma Rice Hamburgers” which can be created by using a “gacha gacha capsule.”
■Ingredients
・Rice / 360 to 400g
・Sliced cheese / one piece
・Cheder cheese / one piece
・Ham / one piece
・Seaweed / one piece
・Cutlet (or a croquette) / three pieces
・Leaf lettuce / moderate amount
・Mentsuyu (Japanese noodle soup) / moderate amount
・Yellow “decofuri” (decoration furikake) / moderate amount
・Seaweed punch
・Cookie cutter
・Fried pasta
・Gacha gacha capsule
2：
2: Divide the rice into three blocks and color each character
Korilakkuma→white
Rilakkuma→color it in brown using “mentsuyu”
Kiiroi Tori→mix the yellow “decofuri”
After coloring each character, divide the white rice and the mentsuyu-flavored rice into two pieces (10g per piece).
Put rice into the gacha gacha capsule.
50g→base
50g→face
10g×2→ears
(the quantity noted above can be changed)
☆Pack the rice into the capsule tightly so that the rice will not crumble
3：Round out the rice (10g piece) as shown in the photo.
4：It should look like this. (refer to the photo)
5：
Rillakuma and Korillakumas’ mouths→sliced cheese
Kiiroi Tori’s mouth→Cheder cheese
Rilakkuma’s ears→Cheder cheese
Korilakkuma’s ears→ham
Eyes, ears and the nose of Kiiroi Tori will be shaped by punched out seaweed.
6：It should like this (refer to the photo) after finishing the directions above.
7：Place the base rice→frill lettuce→cutlet→rice and fix the ears with fried pasta. ※ To make the fried pasta, see the article “Pom Pom Purin no Milk Pudding.”
8：Place the mouth (sliced cheese) and place the eyes on the face.
Place the slice cheese and ham behind the ears.
Finished♡
Kaori also invites you into her world of character-themed rice dishes in her recipe series! Please check out her Instagram where she has uploaded many pictures of her character dishes!
■Profile
Kaori Kubota（@kaopan27）
Kaori lives in Hokkaido and enjoys making dinners, sweet treats and character food using bread ♡
Kaori also loves to experiment with small tricks to crate easy character-themed sweets @kaopan27
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With just a small bit of ingenuity, turn everyday food into something cute using Kaori’s recipe series! With a few simple ideas, an ordinary recipe magically transforms into a cute dish.
This time, I will introduce to you how to make “Totoro’s SPAM onigiri!”
1: Ingredients
SPAM
Rice
Seaweed
Sliced cheese
Chikuwa (fish sausage)
Cucumber
Meet ball (ready-made meet ball is used in this recipe)
Mayonnaise
Cutter
Seaweed punch
☆all ingredients noted above → moderate amount
2：Slice the SPAM. 6 slices will be used in this recipe.
Cut out the SPAM to make it look like it has ears and grill it.
☆Place the slices on top of a kitchen paper to extract the oil.
3：Wash the SPAM can and place some plastic wrap inside the can so it fits tight. Fill the can with rice.
Leave the rice until it gets cold.
4：Insert a cut cucumber into the chikuwa and cut off the white parts of both sides as shown in the photo.
Cut the tip of the chikuwa as shown in the photo above.
5：Place the cut seaweed on top of circular-shaped cheese and then place it on top of the chikuwa to make a small Totoro.
Place this on top of the meat ball to make Makkuro Kurosuke.
Place seaweed and cheese as shown in the photo above to make Totoro.
6：Put mayonnaise and then the SPAM on top of the rice and wrap the whole ingredients with seaweed.
Place cut seaweed and cheese on top of the ingredients to make Totoro.
It is recommended that you cut the leftover cucumbers into the shape of leaves and place them on top of Totoro.
Finished♡
I am sure that even for those of you who are not familiar of making “chara ben,” you will be able to make this recipe easily!
Kaori also invites you into her world of character-themed rice dishes in her recipe series! Please check out her Instagram where she has uploaded many pictures of her character dishes!
■profile
Kaori Kubota (@kaopan27)
I live in Hokkaido and I love to make character-shaped meals, desserts and breads.
I enjoy making character foods because I want to see my family smiling,
The character foods and character bento boxes are introduced in my Instaglam page→@kaopan27
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With just a small bit of ingenuity, turn everyday food into something cute using Kaori’s recipe series! With a few simple ideas, an ordinary recipe magically transforms into a cute dish.
In this article, I will introduce to you the recipes which Kaori introduced before by the degree of difficulty.
＜Elementary level: you don’t have to use heat＞
Cut-out toast of Rilakkuma, Korilakkuma and Kiiroi Tori.
Very cute toast can be made just by cutting out the parts!
Beginners should start from this recipe.
Detailed information：http://www.moshimoshi-nippon.jp/48033
Totoro’s Ume Kyuri Norimaki (seaweed sushi using Japanese plum and cucumber)
Make Totoro’s on the roll of norimaki and include the ingredients you like!
Persons who are not familiar of making character meals can make this recipe easily.
Detailed：http://www.moshimoshi-nippon.jp/57966
＜Intermediate level ＞
Minion’s cup rice omelet
You will surely want to show this cute menu to your family or friends.
Even persons who are clumsy can make this menu easily since it does not have precise parts.
Detailed information：http://www.moshimoshi-nippon.jp/55447
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The Kansai Television drama Zenra Meshi, starring Yutaro, is getting an official photobook release on June 23, 2023 titled Zenra Meshi Official Photobook -Our Recipes Start Here-.
The unusual romantic comedy follows an elite businessman hiding an incredible secret–he loves to eat naked to relieve his stress. One day, this habit is revealed, and Ichijo finds himself quickly falling in love.
The official photobook will include over 30 pages of gravure photos of Yutaro (Miki Mahiro) and Shori Kondo (Futa Ichijo). Set as an epilogue taking place after the main story shown in the series, Futa and Miki can be seen enjoying a picnic date with a handmade bento and spending cozy time together in PJs at home.
Also included are 20 pages of solo photos of Futa wearing a suit and posing in front of a beautiful night scene and Miki wearing a hoodie in a restaurant that smells of spices. Both shoots were intended to look as though a lover snapped the images. The photobook also includes Mizuchi’s Recipe Notebook, highlighting recipes from around the world with comments by popular cookbook author Yummy. Fans can also look forward to plenty of interviews with the cast and crew along with behind-the-scenes filming and production details.
Information
Zenra Meshi Official Photobook -Our Recipes Start Here-
Release Date: June 23, 2023
Price: ¥3,850
Publisher: Tokyo News
*The book may be released on a different date depending on the area.■Purchase Bonus
Amazon: Limited Edition Cover
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*The start date and time for orders may vary depending on the store. Check each company’s website for details.
*Purchase bonuses and limited-edition copies are available while supplies last.
*Additional retailers and special offers may be added in the future.
*Availability will vary by store. Please check with each location for details.Official Photobook Release Event
Date: June 24, 2023
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A selection of recipes inspired by the Fate/Grand Order mobile game are now available until February 11, 2022! These were developed by FGO Project and supervised by the popular site Cookpad.
FGO Original Apron Design
The cooking project is being held to commemorate the in-game Valentine’s event going on for a limited time. Five recipes inspired by the game’s armor will be introduced on social media, the game’s official site, and Cookpad for five consecutive days, from February 7 until February 11. In addition, 50 people who respond to the Cookpad recipe will be selected by lottery to win an original FGO apron.
Don’t miss these costume-inspired recipes!
©TYPE-MOON / FGO PROJECT
Information
Fate/Grand Order Galatea Cooking
Available until February 11, 2022
Recipes:
Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/cookpad_jp
Official YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXBgKqFxSjKADEuMLkc1Bpg
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Cosmos Hotel Management have announced a new Pokémon Room option at APARTMENT HOTEL MINIMARU, complete with special Pokèmon original recipes. APARTMENT HOTEL MINIMARU is a hotel service that offers spacious rooms and kitchen spaces, ideal for families and large groups.
You can make lasting summer memories as you cook adorable themed meals as a family in their incredible new Pokémon themed room.
Original Recipe (preview)
The dining and sleeping areas of the impressive new room are covered in Pokéball motifs, while the cute Pokémon appear to be playing hide and seek throughout the wallpaper. You’ll be greeted by a giant Snorlax plushie on the bed and have your food served on Pokèmon themed plates and cups – Perfect for Pokèmon lovers! The room will be available at MINIMARU in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka.
Following their Pokémon Card Game Sword & Shield / Family Pokémon Card Game free summer vacation project, MINIMARU have prepared several original recipes for guests of the new Pokémon Room. Try making some cute Pokémon dishes and desserts in the kitchen for yourself, with recipes including Pikachu Omurice and more!
The Pokémon Room offers 7 special dinner and snack recipes for parents and children to make during their stay. The ingredients are easily obtained at the local supermarkets and cooked in the kitchen space. You can even share your handmade masterpiece on social media using the hashtag #ポケモンルームレシピ (pokémonroomrecipe).
©2021 Pokémon. ©1995-2021 Nintendo / Creatures Inc. / GAME FREAK inc.
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Pokémon Room Summer Vacation Project #2
Availability: July 29 onwards
Location: Pokémon Room in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka
Details: https://pokemon.mimaruhotels.com/ja-jp -
Japanese online supermarket Oisix released its “Donald Duck Summer Nasi Goreng Mountain” meal kit on July 15, and will release the new “Lilo & Stitch Hawaiian Loco Moco” version on July 29. Both are part of the “Kit Oisix” series of recipe kits which lets people cook up a meal inspired by characters.
Kit Oisix Donald Duck Summer Nasi Goreng Mountain
Kit Oisix Lilo & Stitch Hawaiian Loco Moco
Recipe book contents page
Recipe book step example
Summer Challenge from Donald section
Summer Challenge from Donald work sheet
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The ingredients and recipe book delivered with the Donald Duck Kit Oisix
Lunch Mat
The ingredients and recipe book delivered with the Lilo & Stitch Kit Oisix
Lunch Mat
Both meal kits arrive with all the necessary ingredients and condiments needs to make delicious themed meals. They also come with a recipe book which features step-by-step breakdowns of how to prepare the meal as well as other fun bits such as a work sheet. The kits are aimed at parents and children and fostering their relationship, but if you love Disney, anyone can enjoy these cooking experiences.
Information
Kit Oisix Donald Duck Summer Nasi Goreng Mountain
Order Window: July 15, 2021 – July 29, 2021
Product Page: https://www.oisix.com/donaldduck/press/
Kit Oisix Lilo & Stitch Hawaiian Loco Moco
Order Window: July 29, 2021 – August 12, 2021
Product Page: https://www.oisix.com/liloandstitch/press/
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With just a small bit of ingenuity, turn everyday food into something cute using Kaori’s Easy Recipe! With a few simple ideas, an ordinary recipe magically transforms into a cute dish.
In this recipe, I’ll show you how to make a delicious banana cake that is tasty even if refrigerated!
Ingredients
Makes a 18cm pound cake
2 ripe bananas
100g unsalted butter
50g granulated sugar
2 eggs
100g weak flour
1
Bring the butter to room temperature and mix it with the sugar until it becomes white. I used unsalted margarine for this.
2
Gradually add both the egg whites and yolks and pour slowly into the mixture while mixing. Mash the banana with a fork, add to the bowl, and mix.
3
Sieve in the flour and mix lightly.
4
Bake at 160℃ for 40-45 minutes and it’s ready! I used a 15cm pound cake tin and muffin tin to make mine. If using a muffin tin, bake for 30 minutes.
Leave to cool and use the edge of the pound cake tin to cut ears. Finish by using a chocolate pen to draw on Rilakkuma’s face.
Kaori invites you into her world of character-themed food dishes in her recipe series. Be sure to check out her Instagram where she has uploaded many pictures of her character dishes!
Kaori Kubota (@kaopan27)
I live in Hokkaido and I love to make character themed foods, desserts and pastries♡
I want to see my family smile, so I enjoy putting in a bit of effort to make character foods and changing food into something cute♡
You can see more of my character foods and character bento boxes on my Instagram page → @kaopan72
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Japanese organic food delivery service Oisix released a cute new Winnie the Pooh tomato curry meal kit on Thursday.
Kit Oisix “Winnie the Pooh” Tomato Curry
Make Pooh’s face easily with a stencil sheet
Message cards come with the kit
The packaging
Lunch mats and pick
The story of Winnie the Pooh follows the titular character who lives in the Hundred Acre Wood and his adventures to find honey. The meal kit was designed with friendship and bonds in mind: in a time when we can’t travel as often to see the people we love, Pooh is the perfect comrade and the embodiment of friendship perfect .
Pooh’s yellow face is made from rice seasoned simply with saffron-infused sofrito. His face, which would be a lot of effort to try and create from scratch, can be made easily with the stencil sheet and paprika powder provided.
The meal kit is made to capture the feeling that your friends and loved ones are always with you. In the kit, you’ll find a recipe card detailing how to make the food, a lunch mat with an illustration of Pooh and his friends on it, and a message card which you can mail to someone special.
To promote the kit, Oisix is holding a social media campaign. If you tweet a photo of your completed meal on Twitter or Instagram to someone you love with the Japanese hashtag #いつも一緒だよ you’ll receive a free virtual background you can use on Zoom and other services.
Information
Kit Oisix “Winnie the Pooh” Tomato Curry
Order Window: June 3, 2021 – June 17, 2021
Price: ¥2,950 (Tax Included)
Ages: 4+
Product Page: https://www.oisix.com/winniethepooh/press/
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Running: June 3, 2021 – June 24, 2021
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Step 1: Post a photo related to the curry along with a message to someone you love (the photo can be the completed meal, a photo of you cooking it, the message cards, and so on)Step 2: Add the following hashtags to your post on Twitter or Instagram: #いつも一緒だよキャンペーン #プーさん #tablefortomorrow
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Japanese publisher SHUFUNOTOMO released a new recipe picture book based on the Studio Ghibli’s 3D CG movie Earwig and the Witch on April 28.
Earwig and the Witch Recipe Book | ¥1,540 (Tax Included)
The book features simple to follow recipes including famous British meals, desserts inspired by the movie, and lots of other mouth-watering delights that look like something straight out of Earwig and the Witch.
St. Morwald’s Home for Children’s Shepherd’s Pie
Shepherd’s pie is a classic British meal and makes an appearance in the movie when Earwig eats it at St. Morwald’s Home for Children. It’s her favourite meal: mash sat on top of a tomato sauce-loaded mince, carrots, green beans, onion, and paprika combo.
Boy Scout Fried Toast
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Earwig’s Pretzels
Using hot cake mix, learn how to make frosted white chocolate pretzels that look like Bella Yaga’s magical worm minions
Goro Miyazaki | Comment (Taken From Recipe Book)
“Cooking is fun, isn’t it? I myself love cooking: taking various ingredients and peeling them, chopping them, crushing them, and mixing them. You boil, you steam, you simmer, you fry. Using fire makes it all the more fun. What I make doesn’t always turn out perfect, but you can turn off and forget everything while you’re cooking, but it’s an amazing feeling when you sit down to eat the fruits of your labour and people tell you what you made is delicious. It’s even more amazing when you eat something that someone else made for you. Tasty food is like magic. Speaking of which, the magical spells that Earwig learns at Bella Yaga’s house are a lot like cooking. Carving, crushing, mixing. I’m sure that if you’re a skilled witch you’ll be a skilled cook too. I hope the people who read this book and think for the first time that they want to try out cooking will try making all sorts. Getting better at cooking might even lead you on the path to becoming a witch.”
The recipe book’s front cover was designed specially for this book by Goro Miyazaki.
Information
Kodomo Ryouri Ehon Ghibli no Shokutaku Aya to Majou
Japanese Book Title: 子どもりょうり絵本 ジブリの食卓 アーヤと魔女
Released: April 28, 2021
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4074474395
Rakuten BOOKS: https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/16644563/
SHUFUNOTOMO Official Website: https://shufunotomo.co.jp/
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With just a small bit of ingenuity, turn everyday food into something cute using Kaori’s Easy Recipe! With a few simple ideas, an ordinary recipe magically transforms into a cute dish.
Today, I’ll teach you how to make Baymax mushi-pan steamed bread.
Ingredients
This recipe makes 5 portions
140g strong flour
20g granulated sugar
Pinch of salt
3g dry yeast
3g baking powder
5g vegetable oil
85ml-90ml milk (room temperature)
1
Mix everything together in a food processor. If you don’t have a food processor, you can also knead the ingredients well by hand.
2
Ferment at 40℃ for 40 minutes. If you don’t have a fermentation machine, leave in a warm environment.
3
Once the dough has doubled in size, divide into five portions and put into separate cups. If using paper cups, rub a little bit of oil inside.
4
Bake in the oven at 40℃ for 20-25 minutes.
5
After baking, steam in a steamer for 12-13 minutes. If you don’t have a steamer, put into a frying pan or large pot with a little bit of water and cover.
6
Once cooled, use some nori seaweed to make Baymax’s face and you’re done!
Kaori Kubota (@kaopan27)
I live in Hokkaido and I love to make character themed foods, desserts and pastries♡
I want to see my family smile, so I enjoy putting in a bit of effort to make character foods and changing food into something cute♡
You can see more of my character foods and character bento boxes on my Instagram page → @kaopan72
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With just a small bit of ingenuity, turn everyday food into something cute using Kaori’s Easy Recipe! With a few simple ideas, an ordinary recipe magically transforms into a cute dish.
Today, I’ll be showing you a simple recipe for Valentine’s Day made with ingredients bought entirely from the 100 yen store Seria. I call it the “Rilakkuma Hot Chocolate Stick.”
Ingredients
Square mould from Seria (makes six sticks)
1 bag of milk chocolates1 bag of white chocolates
1 bag of dark chocolates
Toppings of your choice (I used caramel chocolate chips and walnuts)
1
Melt all the chocolates separately over a bain-marie.
2
Create layers with each chocolate type. Pick your first choice and pour into the mould and wait for it to set lightly before adding the next chocolate. For this recipe, I went ahead and added the chocolate a little before layers had finished setting to create a marbling effect.
✩I also added some strawberry chocolate I had left over from my Rilakkuma chocolates.
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Once all your chocolate is in the mould, stick in some lollipops and add toppings of your choice making sure they don’t overflow. This will ensure they set together with the chocolate.
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Allow to set overnight and your chocolate stick is ready.
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I made Rilakkuma chocolates from scratch and added those to the sticks to finish.
Kaori invites you into her world of character-themed food dishes in her recipe series. Be sure to check out her Instagram where she has uploaded many pictures of her character dishes!
Kaori Kubota (@kaopan27)
I live in Hokkaido and I love to make character themed foods, desserts and pastries♡
I want to see my family smile, so I enjoy putting in a bit of effort to make character foods and changing food into something cute♡
You can see more of my character foods and character bento boxes on my Instagram page → @kaopan72
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With just a small bit of ingenuity, turn everyday food into something cute using Kaori’s Easy Recipe! With a few simple ideas, an ordinary recipe magically transforms into a cute dish.
Today, I’ll be showing you a super simple dessert made using hotcake mix. I decorated the muffins with strawberries and a dusting of icing sugar to give them that Christmas feel.
Ingredients
1 bag of hotcake mix (150g)
1 large egg
20g sugar
25ml vegetable oil
30ml milk
2 ripe bananas
1 tbsp black tea leaves
*If you don’t have loose black tea leaves you can use the leaves from inside of a black tea bag1
Slice half of one banana for topping later. Mash the remaining one and a half in a bowl with a fork or potato masher.
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In a different bowl, add all of the ingredients and mix together. Once mixed, add the mashed banana and mix again to combine.3
Add the mix to muffin tins. The muffins will rise quite a bit so you may want to use less mix. Finish by adding the sliced bananas from Step 1 on top.
上に1でスライスしておいたバナナをトッピングする。4
Bake at 180℃ on the middle shelf for 25 minutes.5
Complete your muffins by dusting with icing sugar, fresh cream, and strawberries. I added a chocolate Hello Kitty on mine!Kaori invites you into her world of character-themed food dishes in her recipe series. Be sure to check out her Instagram where she has uploaded many pictures of her character dishes!
Kaori Kubota (@kaopan27)
I live in Hokkaido and I love to make character themed foods, desserts and pastries♡
I want to see my family smile, so I enjoy putting in a bit of effort to make character foods and changing food into something cute♡
You can see more of my character foods and character bento boxes on my Instagram page → @kaopan72
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Japanese food tech company Cookpad Inc. is set to co-host the “P.O.P” Fes Food Court at Japanese pop group Perfume’s upcoming Perfume Online Present (“P.O.P”) Festival which will be held on September 21, 2020. Cookpad has also opened applications for fans to submit the recipes that they want Perfume to eat at the festival
“P.O.P” Festival Breakdown
With concerts and music festivals forced to be cancelled or postponed as a result of COVID-19, Perfume too had to cancel their Japan dome tour. September 21, 2020 marks the 15th anniversary since Perfume made their major debut, and the 20th anniversary since they formed. Since their tour was cancelled, they still wanted to celebrate in some way, which is how the “P.O.P” Festival was conceived. The online event will feature both free and paid content with a full timetable for the day.
“P.O.P” Fes Food Court
Food is an indispensable part of music festivals, so the event will have its own interactive “P.O.P” Fes Food Court which encourages fans to submit the recipes that they want Perfume to eat. The chosen recipe will be displayed on the food court page of the event’s website and Perfume will actually make and eat it in a video. Fans can prepare their own food at the same time so they can sit down and eat with Perfume. Details on submitting can be found on the official website in Japanese.
Perfume | Comment
“We’re happy to announce the Perfume Online Present Festival which will take place on the 15th anniversary of our major debut, September 21. We’re starting applications for the food court, so we’re waiting for your submissions. We’ll pick one recipe and actually try making it ourselves! We’re going to get found out that we actually did this during lockdown period, but we also think it’s good for you to see our normal lives, so we will give it out all and hope you enjoy.”
Information
“P.O.P” Fes Food Court Submissions
Running: September 1, 2020 – September 14, 2020
Submit Here: https://www.perfume-popfes.jp/food/
“P.O.P” (Perfume Online Present) Festival
Date: September 21, 2020Time: Open 12:00 / Start 13:30 (subject to change)
Official Website: https://www.perfume-popfes.jp/
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With just a small bit of ingenuity, turn everyday food into something cute using Kaori’s Easy Recipe! With a few simple ideas, an ordinary recipe magically transforms into a cute dish.
Today’s recipe will show you how to make a simple ice cream made with frozen strawberries and a blender.
Ingredients
500g frozen strawberries (either store bought or self-frozen)120ml condensed milk
Sliced white chocolate to make Hello Kitty
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Defrost around 3/10 of the frozen strawberries until they are more soft than frozen, allowing them to be blended more easily.2.
Throw the defrosted strawberries into a blender along with the condensed milk and blend.3.
Place the blended mix into a ziplock bag and place into the freezer. After about an hour, massage the mix while it’s still inside the bag. Repeat this whole process 2-3 times. Doing this will make the ice cream tastier.
Once fully set, place into a serving cup of your choice, use sliced white chocolate to make your chocolate Hello Kitty, and serve!
Kaori invites you into her world of character-themed food dishes in her recipe series. Be sure to check out her Instagram where she has uploaded many pictures of her character dishes!
Kaori Kubota (@kaopan27)
I live in Hokkaido and I love to make character themed foods, desserts and pastries♡
I want to see my family smile, so I enjoy putting in a bit of effort to make character foods and changing food into something cute♡
You can see more of my character foods and character bento boxes on my Instagram page → @kaopan72
