The Funky Kitchen

These are our new bento boxes.

They’re like lunch boxes, except very compact and all in one. I ordered them from J-box after hearing about them from a friend, I picked out the cute blue bunny moon one, and Mister picked out a samurai one.

What’s so awesome about bento boxes, you ask? Other than being really interesting to look at, there are lots of little compartments to keep your foods separate without using disposable bags, how environmentally friendly! The compartments, at least in ours, are removable or adjustable depending on the type of lunch you are packing, so that you aren’t locked into packing only certain types of lunches. The cutlery has a place provided for it, so you don’t need to pack it loose. As well, they aren’t big lunch boxes, I’ve been known during the school year not to pack lunch so that I can pack an extra textbook in my bag. Despite their small size, Mister ‘s bento box still provides him enough food so that he isn’t still hungry when he’s done his lunch.

His only complaint: you can’t really pack a sandwich in one of these… but I’ll be working on that.

Mister’s clips together at the sides so that the lunch box’s compartments are held together, while mine is held together with an elastic band. If you pack something that needs heating up, pop off the lids and you can pop the compartment in the microwave. Don’t feel like washing it by hand? That’s ok, you can put it in the dishwasher.

On the menu this particular day was tuna onigri (to go with our Japanese lunch theme), carrot sticks, rhubarb crisp and a Babybel cheese. It all fit into our respective bento boxes, and we took them the next day to work.  Onigri for lunch was so tasty! And if you stop by in the next couple of days, I’ll have the recipe for making them posted up.

Happy lunching!