(New Post) BENTO- The Lunch Experience 12/08/2011

After seeing a report on TV about the Japanese way of taking lovely prepared Lunches to school, kindergarten and to work I was super excited.

Since I work since last year in November, I searched for a good and fun way to have lunch as you can’t afford to go to a restaurant every day even though the prices are between  5- 12 Euro for a Lunch including a drink. But whats the alternative? Take a sandwich? Or buy one at a local bakery? Having a Kebab or a Burger? Too boring and not that healthy either.

Taking a Bento with to work was the solution!

But what exactly is a BENTO?? Take  a look at this wonderful  video, who explains it very well:

I hope you are as excited as I was!! Me and the lovely Mister decided to buy one of the boxes and a few little supplies to get started. You can buy bento boxes and supplies here:

• Casabento    http://casabento.com/shop/en/
• JBOX              http://www.jbox.com/home
• Laptop Lunches      http://www.laptoplunches.com/
• Monbento      http://en.monbento.com/?gclid=CJykkYXxyaoCFcwq3wodcn5syg

We got our boxes from Casabento, which we totally love.

To get started you either head over to YouTube and search for videos around Bento making. There are a few! Or you take a look on these links, which really helped me to get inspired. You find cute bento pictures and also recipes, guiding and A LOT OF FUN AND INSPIRATION!! These are only a few sites. You can find lots out there!

• http://justbento.com/
• http://www.mybentolicious.com/
• http://www.squidoo.com/cute-food
• http://happylittlebento.blogspot.com
  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  
  

  

  
  

Above you can see my first few attempts at Bento making. I even made my first Maki’s (Rice rolls with salmon, cucumber&rice filling) As I am a Bento beginner I try to prepare a Bento Box once a week. It takes a little practice and as I want to have fun during the whole process I keep the pressure low. A good tip is also, If you not like to get up ca 20-30min earlier every morning you can fill your bento with left overs and only prepare the fresh fruits and veggies in the morning. That safes a lot of time I find.

Hope you enjoyed reading.

Mucho love*Linn*

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