Am I the last one to hear about this craze? Bentos. Apparently a Japanese trend of creating fun artistic lunches. I guess it starts with a bento box which is compartmentalized. There are all kinds of accessories like molds that make your boiled eggs star - shaped and sauce dispensers and tiny cookie cutters to cut cheeses, meats, veggies and fruits, food dividers, fun toothpicks, paper and silicone food holders. There is a whole bento world out there to be discovered.
The picture on the right is of a lunch that a Dad made for his daughter for school. You can click on here to see daily pics of the bentos he makes for his daughter.
here are some more links:
Owl Bento
Kawaii Bento
Bento Boxes
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For a minute there I was going to be so completely impressed that this was David's lunch that you sent him off with this morning. I was about to say, "How the heck did you have time, energy, patience and everything else to make something like that with a new little baby? I'm jealous."
My sweetie is lucky if he gets leftovers in a tupperware container and a clean spoon.
After forgetting to put a plastic utensil in his lunch a couple times I just sent a real spoon and fork with David to work and said, clean it off afterward and use these every day.
David takes leftovers too and sometimes a can of soup. Yesterday I noticed a can of tuna missing from a box my uncle sent us for Christmas (he sends everyone fancy tuna every year) and I asked David what he took for lunch. He said a can of tuna, the can opener and the Old Bay. That's it. I felt bad that I didn't get up to make him lunch or make it the night before, but I was bust with the baby.
We both had a laugh about his "kitty cat" lunch.
I think I will pack a smiley egg one day just to throw him for a loop. We should plan to do it on the same day and pack them both smiley eggs. :)
I probably was "BUST" with the baby - or at least he was probably BUSY AT my bust. ha ha. I hate when I write typos.
bentos are cute and fun but they can be too much work, especially when you have a baby to tend to. but i'm glad you liked the idea! maybe you'll post some pics if and when you try?! i'd like to see how they come out!
Yeah, I don't think I will get into it really, but I think it's such a fun idea for school lunches. My mom used to do fun things to our lunches like put notes IN my sandwich. I will never forget the day I bit into my pb&j and fount a pink note that said i love you.
I also like the idea of not using so many bags - sandwich bags and brown bags are so wasteful day after day. We go through them really fast around here.
Plus I really really like snacky food like crackers and cheeses and little nibbles so bentos seem right up my alley.
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