Bento is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento consists of rice, fish or meat, and one or more pickled or cooked vegetables. Containers range from disposable mass produced to hand crafted lacquerware. Although bento are readily available in many places throughout Japan, including convenience stores, bento shops, train stations, and department stores, it is still common for Japanese homemakers to spend time and energy for their spouse, child, or themselves producing a carefully prepared lunch box. (From Wikipedia)
My daughter was a little older by the time I got into bento making, but I can still get away with making one that isn’t too cute.
I made some Chicken Katsu last night for dinner and I had enough left over for Maranda and my lunch today. I packed my new “tropical Bento box” it came with a cute cloth tote too. I love it. It’s glittery too. This one you can even use in the microwave if you need to. Inside the large section I have rice with furikakae, chicken katsu, kumquat and green beans. The fruit side has pineapple, grapes and a strawberry.
I packed Maranda one too. I figured I was safe with it and she wouldn’t mind eating it at school.
I made the chicken katsu a little different than usual, because I cut the chicken breasts up before frying them. I thought it would be easier. I don’t know if that was the case though.
Thank you for joining me again at Our Krazy Kitchen and if you would like to see more bento box lunches you can check out my bento blog The Tiny Bento or my food blog The Tiny Skillet. Make sure that you have a great weekend!
These are beautiful!!! 🙂
Awesome clicks Lyndsey…d color rocks…love your writeup …
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Lyndsey you know how much I love these. One of these days I’m going to get into making them myself. They are so pretty and so fun! 🙂
I love how colorful everything is!
Lyndsey these all look so amazing – almost too good to eat. Thank you for sharing them.