DIY Aroma Hand Cream and Perfume

As I wrote before, I love aromatherapy since our wedding preparation!

Yesterday, there was a 5th anniversary party at my favorite aromatherapy salon and we had a chance to make our own aroma hand cream and perfume. They were pretty easy and fun to make that I would never know if I didn't participate this party.

For my hand cream, I used Roman chamomile, orange sweet and sandalwood. They are moisturizing essential oils.



Then for my perfume, I used basil, grapefruit, and petitgrain. Those combination makes people energetic and happy :D



We had some foods made with fresh herbs, too!





Also, they gave us some free gifts. My favorite Veda Vie Ginger Syrup, herb tea, and herb soap!!!



I had a good time :D
I wish I have more time and money to get their aromatherapy massage!!!

What would you do if you have some time and money?! hehe

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HALLOWEEN Frankenstein Stuffed Green Peppers - Video Recipe

Stuffed green pepper is called "ピーマンの肉詰め: Piiman no Nikuzume" in Japanese and it is a very popular Japanese home-cooked dish!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdQfWiiJLDo

They are delicious though their faces are creepy. Of course you can draw cute faces ;)



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Frankenstein Stuffed Green Peppers

Difficulty: Medium
Time: 20min
Number of servings: 5 Frankensteins

Ingredients:
5 Japanese green peppers *30g (1oz.) each
60g (2.1oz.) onion
A
* 180g (6.5oz.) ground beef and pork mixture
* 2 tbsp. Panko (bread crumbs) *soak in a bit of milk if you have
* nutmeg
salt and cracked black pepper
olive oil
pizza cheese
Nori seaweed sheet
mayonnaise
ketchup

Directions:
1. Cut the tops and the bottoms off the green peppers, and remove the seeds.
2. Finely chop the bottoms of the green peppers. Finley chop the onion.
3. Heat olive oil in a pan and sauté the chopped onion and green peppers until tender. Season with salt and cracked black pepper.
4. Put A and (3.) in a bowl and mix well by hand until all ingredients are combined and smooth.
5. Spoon the mixture into the green peppers being sure to fill completely (in this way they stand upright when cooked and become tender) and cover with the green pepper tops.
6. Put them in a deep pot, add a bit of water, cover, and cook on medium-low for 10 minutes.
7. Place some pizza cheese on top and cover and cook for another few minutes to melt the cheese.
8. When they are done, cool until you can touch and draw the faces with Nori seaweed sheet and mayonnaise. Finish with some bloody ketchup!

*You can bake them at 200C (390F) for about 15 minutes but the cooking time may differ depending on the oven you use.

レシピ（日本語）
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Our 1st Wedding Anniversary at TATSUYA KAWAGOE Restaurant

Tatsuya Kawagoe is a very popular celebrity Italian chef in Japan. He has an Italian restaurant called TATSUYA KAWAGOE (タツヤ・カワゴエ) in Daikanyama which is reserved for three months in advance!!! So 3 months ago, I called the restaurant and made a dinner reservation! However, a month later, my darling was invited to his friend's wedding on our anniversary day, so I was pretty shocked that we have to cancel it… but fortunately, they changed our dinner reservation to lunch reservation, so we could celebrate our anniversary there today on 10/10. (Our wedding post is HERE.)



Did I expect too much!? LoL
The restaurant was normal. The food they serve was not as fancy as I've heard. Only the thing I could say is they use pretty good ingredients. So I would give 5 stars for the ingredients but for the creativity, maybe 2 stars…

And the waiter was weird… the lady next to us went to the restroom and she didn't come back for maybe 5 minutes. There was only one restroom at this restaurant, so of course other people were waiting. The waiter then asked the other lady at the same table if her companion is okay at the restroom… Unbelievable Question! Of course I said to my darling that I will go to the restroom later at the station… I think the restaurant was pretty uncomfortable with too many waiters watching us!!!

I pretty much understand that Tatsuya Kawagoe once said he wants to close the restaurant… it is worth to pay for the ingredients but not worth to wait for 3 months!

Anyways, those who read my blog might already know but we filed our marriage paper on November 22nd, 2009! So the next anniversary is coming soon!!! I think I should ask my darling to decide the restaurant since he is much better at selecting cozy restaurant!!!

Below are the dishes we had today ;D















Whoa! They use the cup I have. hehe

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