Monday, July 11, 2016

Bento Fun

A lot of the time throughout our lives we’ve made homemade lunches for ourselves, but the Japanese call a boxed lunch “bento.” A bento usually contains leftovers with some fresh side dishes, and it’s placed in small sections in cute containers. For example, if you had pasta for dinner the previous night, add some of that pasta in a container and add a couple of newly made meatballs, carrots, and chocolate-covered strawberries, and you’re all set! You can put together whatever you’d like in your bento, have as much fun with it as you’d like, and make it cute or cool or however you want! I put a picture below of a large bento I put together with my boyfriend. We made omurice (fried rice omelet, and we decorated it with ketchup!), dumplings, cucumber and dill sandwiches, grilled cheese, brownies, and strawberries. Have fun with your bentos! 


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