DECO CHOCO Photo Frame for Valentine's Day! XOXO - Video Recipe

DECO CHOCO is the chocolate (usually the chocolate bar) decorated with sprinkles and cute sweets. Something like this one.

There was a DECO CHOCO contest (by Meiji: one of Japan's leading confectioneries) few years ago. I came up with an idea making a 3D photo frame and I won a silver prize! At that time, I could only use Meiji's product but this time I used sweets from many other manufacturers.

I will list all the product details below but you can use any kind of chocolate bars and sweets to attach.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4py25KS75w

You can cover with a plastic wrap and save it. It lasts for more than a year in a cool place BUT it is not safe to eat after 3 days. LoL

It will be a great Valentine's Day gift for your loved one :)



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DECO CHOCO Photo Frame for Valentine's Day

Difficulty: easy
Time: 1 hour
Number of servings: 1 photo frame

Ingredients:
((Photo Frame))
3 Meiji Milk Chocolate Bar (明治 ミルクチョコレート) *of course you can use any other brands!

((Decoration))
any sprinkles of your choice
chocolate pen (明治 チョコペン/スイートペン)
Meiji Apollo Strawberry Chocolate (明治 アポロ)
Meiji Vanilla Cookies (明治 バニラサブレ)
Meiji Marble Chocolate(明治 マーブルチョコレート)
Meiji Fran Meltykiss Green Tea Chocolate Cookie Stick Pocky (明治 フラン メルティーキッス仕立て とろける抹茶)
Meiji Kinoko No Yama Strawberry and Cream (明治 大粒きのこの山 たっぷり苺の練乳仕立て)
Meiji Galbo Mini (明治 ガルボ ミニ)
Fukui Ichigo Chocobo (いちごチョコ棒)
HAITAI PACIFIC Stone Chocolate (ヘテパシフィック ストーンチョコ)
Tirol-Choco Bihada Tirol (チロルチョコ 美肌チロル)
Fujiya Peko Poko Chocolate (不二家 ペコポコチョコレート)
Bourbon EVERY BURGER (ブルボン エブリバーガー)
Lotte CRUNKY Positive Joy Caffe Latte (ロッテ クランキーポップジョイ 香るカフェラテ)
Lotte CRUNKY Ball Nude (ロッテ クランキーボール ヌード)
Takaoka Flat Heart (Takaoka フラットハート)
Glico Collon (グリコ コロン 濃厚ダブルベリー)

Directions:
Build the photo frame with 3 chocolate bars and attach the sweets of your choice.

Please see the video. It is much easier to follow :) hehe

Note:
Meiji's Yam Yam, Choco Baby, Poifull, Petitie 5-1 Choco, Takenoko No Sato… etc., colorful candies, gummy candies, are also cute. BUT don't use cotton candy. I tried and it looked pretty bad like mxxx…

I bought them all in packages but it is wise to go to Sweet Factory or any other sweets shops where they sell by measurement and get just one or two each. More colors and shapes you use, cuter it become!

レシピ（日本語）
http://www.cooklabo.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post_20.html
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I bought some of them at DAISO (dollar shop). They have weird imported sweets like stone chocolate and flat heart. Oh, btw, I was looking for Meiji Twinkle Chocolate (明治 ツインクル) but I couldn't find it. It should be cute to add on your photo frame, if you know ;) hehe

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

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Stir-Fried Gomoku Mozuku - Video Recipe

Mozuku (Cladosiphon okamuranus) is noodle-like seaweed which is mainly produced in Okinawa. It is rich in fiber and minerals! Mozuku is usually sold frozen, so please check the freezer at Asian grocery stores. I hope it is available!!! For this recipe you need plain (non-flavored) Mozuku, so don't get the one soaked in vinegar!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv107Cvzm2s

This recipe won the grand prize at mozuku recipe contest!
http://www.mo19.com/recipe/2009/03/post_31.html

It goes great with white rice and perfect for bento.

BTW, Gomoku (五目) means five ingredients in Japanese :)

My blog about our trip to Okinawa ;)
http://createeathappy.blogspot.com/2012/01/trip-to-okinawa.html



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Stir-Fried Gomoku Mozuku

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 5-10min
Number of servings: 2

Ingredients:
100ｇ (3.5oz.) Mozuku
60ｇ (2.2oz.) carrot
3 Japanese green pepper
3 shiitake mushroom
2 bacon strip
1 tbsp. soy sauce
salt and cracked black pepper
2 tsp. sesame oil
2 tsp. toasted white sesame seeds

Directions:
1. Wash mozuku and drain well (cut into bite sized pieces if too long). Thinly slice the shiitake mushroom. Cut carrot, green pepper, and bacon into thin strips.
2. Heat sesame oil in a frying pan, cook the bacon until crisp. Add and stir-fry carrot and green pepper until slightly softened. Then add and stir-fry shiitake and mozuku.
3. Season with soy sauce, salt and cracked black pepper, sprinkle toasted white sesame seeds (or ground sesame seeds), and serve.

第2回もずく料理コンテストで最優秀賞を受賞したレシピです♪

↓もずくのササッと五目炒め
http://www.mo19.com/recipe/2009/03/post_31.html
http://www.cooklabo.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post_17.html
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Enjoy ;)

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新年好！Chinese Style White Miso Stir Fried Seven Vegetables - Video Recipe

This recipe won a grand prize at the easy recipe contest organized by Ajinomoto. I received the prize from chef Wakiya Yuji (脇屋友詞) who is famous for creative Chinese food in Japan.

For the seasoning, I used chicken stock and white miso. The chicken stock adds a nice and rich flavor and white miso makes the dish slightly sweet and tasty!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwwqnvuNnLc

It can be very colorful and festive recipe for Chinese New Year's day. Also, it is perfect for every-day bento box :)



BTW, at our wedding, we could luckily cater chef Wakiya's fancy and healthy Chinese cuisine from "トゥーランドット遊仙境 - Turandot Yusenkyo" restaurant in Akasaka.

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Chinese Style White Miso Stir Fried Seven Vegetables

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 20min
Number of servings: 2

Ingredients:
75g (2.6oz.) ham
100g (3.5oz.) onion
50g (1.8oz.) carrot
100g (3.5oz.) zucchini
100g (3.5oz.) bean sprouts
50g (1.8oz.) red bell pepper
6 dried cloud ear mushrooms (you can use 3 shitake mushrooms)
A
* 2 tbsp. white miso (it tastes different but you can use 1 tbsp. regular miso)
* 1 tbsp. sake
* 1 tbsp. mirin (sweet sake)
* 1/2 tbsp. chicken stock powder
* 1 tsp. sugar
1/2 tbsp. cooking oil
cracked black pepper

Directions:
1. Soak the dried cloud ear mushrooms in hot water for at least fifteen minutes. Then drain and cut into strips. Trim the bean sprouts at both ends if you prefer. Cut ham, carrot, zucchini and red bell pepper into strips. Thinly slice onion.
2. Mix A.
3. Heat cooking oil in a frying pan, stir-fry onion, carrot, zucchini, bean sprouts, red bell pepper, cloud ear mushrooms, and ham in order. Add A and stir-fry until the seasonings blend. Serve on the dish and sprinkle cracked black pepper.

【味の素KK】中華だしを使って作る、かんたんオリジナルレシピコンテストでグランプリを受賞したレシピです。

七色野菜の中華風白味噌炒め
（白味噌は種類によって味が強いので鶏がらスープとの割合を調整してください。）
http://www.ajinomoto.co.jp/chukadashi/contest/entry/recipe0008.html
http://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post_13.html
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愿新年为你带来快乐，友爱和宁静。
祝好运、健康、佳肴伴你度过一个快乐新年。

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