Bento?

**AmyMCGS** · 07-30-2007, 12:09 PM

I have literally just discovered Bento this morning.... does anyone here do it?

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It's the Japanese art of boxed lunches, but WOW, people are SO creative with it! The lunches are placed in special containers (or, frugal ones use cupcake liners inside larger containers to seperate things) to seperate the mini portions of finger foods.

I blogged about it on my food blog: http://toomanyrecipes.blogspot.com/2...to-anyone.html

but I was wondering if anyone here has tried this? I really think my DD would love it!

**cherrie79** · 07-30-2007, 12:16 PM

I am buying a couple of Bento lunch boxes here in a couple weeks for the kids and myself. I go here and look at everyones lunches, using there Bento Lunch boxes. http://www.flickr.com/groups/laptop_lunches/pool/

**YankeeMom** · 07-30-2007, 12:17 PM

I found them last year & told dh, I WANT ONE!

For now, I just ogle at the pictures on this Flickr Group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/bentoboxes/

**AmyMCGS** · 07-30-2007, 12:25 PM

I've been admiring the photos today. I really think that I could do my own version using containers I already have and cupcake liners, as I've seen some people do. I checked out the Bento boxes on eBay and was surprised at how much they cost... $34 for a plastic lunch box??

**cherrie79** · 07-30-2007, 03:19 PM

From what I have seen online, they can get pretty expensive.
The ones I am looking at are 19.50 a piece. http://lunchboxes.com/bento.html I am sure I could do it cheaper myself.

**Libby** · 07-30-2007, 10:45 PM

These lil pics are fun!! Ive never seen them like this before. Ive only seen the traditional grown up kind of bento boxes the kind you get a sushi restaurant. Ive attached a pic to help - its a big box instead of a plate and it has lil compartments for whatever your lunch is that day. Envision it as one big tupperware box with lid.

Bento, which stands for lunch box in Japanese, provides a "container" to hold the food which has defining compartments for it contents.

**YankeeMom** · 07-31-2007, 09:18 AM

I spent waaay too much time looking at other people's lunch yesterday

Some of them pack a lot of food!!

I'm knitting myself a wool lunch bag, I wonder if I could incorporate some of this....

**baxjul** · 07-31-2007, 09:35 AM

I've never heard of such a thing.

**Missy** · 07-31-2007, 10:22 AM

ooh ooh, i saw one that used those silicone cupcake things. those would be rewashable and reuseable, less to throw away...

**sdrjeolsen** · 07-31-2007, 06:38 PM

those are cool. Never heard of them till today. Looks like it would be a fun way to send dds lunch when school starts. They are kind of expensive on ebay.

**Early Bird** · 07-31-2007, 07:18 PM

Instead of worrying about buying a spendy box, adopt Meredith's idea http://likemerchantships.blogspot.co...are-bento.html, and use small Tupperware containers.

I think the main idea is small portions, pleasingly prepared.

**claimsgirl66** · 07-31-2007, 08:07 PM

I have never heard of that, how cool! I learn so much here. My grandson is only 2 but I now have a few ideas to jazz up my lunch or to give my DD when she makes him lunches.