08-17-2009, 11:31 AM
Is anyone into Bento lunches. I regularly follow a thread that posts pictures and recipes for bentos although I'm too chicken to try making any of them myself.
Bentos are great for lots of reasons, they're organized, fun, cute, some are diet friendly because they help with portion sizes, and they taste good! YUM.
The boxes come in all shapes and sizes from laquer boxes, lunch pales, tupperware, thermoses, and really big tiered picnic sets. They ofter have onigiri or boiled eggs in the shape of favorite characters, lots of fruit vegetables sometimes carved in the shape of flowers or bunnies! They don't always have to be cute or pretty. You can also find them at train stations in Japan kind of like pre-made take out type things.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bent%C5%8D
Here is one of my favorite sites that offers how to's and lots of pictures. Lately they've been running contests through Flickr I think. Check it out!
http://justbento.com/
Bentos are great for lots of reasons, they're organized, fun, cute, some are diet friendly because they help with portion sizes, and they taste good! YUM.
The boxes come in all shapes and sizes from laquer boxes, lunch pales, tupperware, thermoses, and really big tiered picnic sets. They ofter have onigiri or boiled eggs in the shape of favorite characters, lots of fruit vegetables sometimes carved in the shape of flowers or bunnies! They don't always have to be cute or pretty. You can also find them at train stations in Japan kind of like pre-made take out type things.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bent%C5%8D
Here is one of my favorite sites that offers how to's and lots of pictures. Lately they've been running contests through Flickr I think. Check it out!
http://justbento.com/