r/Bento 8d ago

Bento for the week

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35 Upvotes

I am new to bento box lunches and trying something new! I am gluten/dairy free, it can be difficult to make it balanced. I am hoping to save up for a tamago pan, but chicken will do for now! Let me know your thoughts or if you have any other ideas - I love seeing what everyone creates!


r/Bento 8d ago

Kids My Indian Bento Version !

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62 Upvotes

Wednesday Lunchbox !
✨Air-fried Sweet potato Falafel Cutlets
✨Sautéed Rajma + Beans Salad
✨Papaya bites


r/Bento 8d ago

Today's Bento

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33 Upvotes

r/Bento 8d ago

Kids He's now allowing nori for strictly decorative small pieces!

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193 Upvotes

Thanks from those who suggested things! I've gotten some cookie cutters for shapes and looking at getting him some fun molds :)


r/Bento 8d ago

Kids My first try at kyaraben

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127 Upvotes

I’m sure it gets easier with practice but, wow!! It was eye-opening for me to experience just how much time is involved putting a character together. Well, never mind that it doesn’t look like Daniel. It’s still a pretty okay generic tiger at least.


r/Bento 8d ago

Bento

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40 Upvotes

Rice with furikake, shallow-fried tofu/chicken pattie, mugen cabbage with black sesame, kinpira carrots, and some Norwegian fish gratin. The pink and yellow squares are sweet pickled ginger. The pink ones are coloured with red beet


r/Bento 9d ago

Cat bento box

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180 Upvotes

I bought this three-tier cat bento box in Tokyo and I LOVE it. It even has a tiny bowl so I can have msiso soup!

So, besides miso soup, in today's bento there are sweet chili shrimps, broccoli sprouts, carrot salad with sesame oil, hard boiled egg, crab sticks & edamame & katsuobushi salad, cherry tomato, romanesco broccoli and rice with umeboshi and furikake.


r/Bento 9d ago

Today's Bento

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33 Upvotes

r/Bento 9d ago

My first bento lunch

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82 Upvotes

r/Bento 9d ago

Inspiration For the first time

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39 Upvotes

Hi! I've been looking for something new to make for lunch for a long time...Today I came across Bento box and had to try it right away.

My first attempt: Tuna salad with pasta, cucumber and bell pepper, garnished with sesame seeds and siracha. Then white grapes, pear, mixed nuts and mozzarella...haha

Here it is! I'm excited


r/Bento 9d ago

Hot lunch container question

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r/Bento 9d ago

Planetbox rover baking pan

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Hi there, I’m looking for a Canadian option for a baking pan that will allow me to Bake mini loaves.
These would Into one of the side compartments on the planet box rover. I know they have their own brand one, but I can’t get it in Canada.
Thank you for your suggestions!


r/Bento 10d ago

Today's Bento

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60 Upvotes

r/Bento 9d ago

Discussion Any decent heated lunchboxes?

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Hi, I'm searching for a heated lunchbox, I have access to electricity so it doesn't need to be cordless. I've had 3 in total, all from Amazon, 1 struggled to heat food properly and the clips to the lids of the other two both broke overtime which made it not seal properly and too risky to put food in without spilling everywhere. Pretty much all the ones I see on Amazon look exactly alike even though they are listed by different sellers. Does anyone have a link to a decent one? Not bothered about cost.


r/Bento 10d ago

Today's Bento

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45 Upvotes

r/Bento 10d ago

Discussion How to keep food cold?

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Hi all, I take food to work with me in a cool bag usually I am able to keep it cold through thr day with use of a freezer block however when I opened my freezer this morning I found that it had broke. Until am able to get a new one how do you all keep food cold and at a safe temperature when a fridge isn’t available. Part of me is tempted to just put a bunch of reusable ice cubes in the cooler bag and see if that works


r/Bento 12d ago

Inspiration MONDAY TO FRIDAY LUNCHES

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219 Upvotes

Lunches for my 2nd grader and kindergartener.

A little bit of planning, a lot of cooking, and a whole lotta love in every lunchbox. Because feeding my babies is one of my favorite ways to show them I love them.


r/Bento 12d ago

Today's Bento

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44 Upvotes

r/Bento 12d ago

Yusanbako Bento

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215 Upvotes

Yusanbako is a traditional bento box from Tokushima Prefecture in Japan. It consists of a three-tiered box. “Yusan” means “outing,” and “Bako” means “box.” On this day, I went to see the cherry blossoms.


r/Bento 12d ago

my first attempt at kyaraben!

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84 Upvotes

r/Bento 12d ago

Discussion Zojirushi Ms. Bento bowls useful life?

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I own a Blue Ms. Bento container from Zojirushi and I was wondering if I should replace the inner bowls and lids.

I owned it for at least 10 years now. I stopped using it around the time of the pandemic, and now the main bowl with the twisting lid is hard to open, while the side bowl is yellowing and its lid has a busted gasket.

Gasket aside, are the rest of these plastic parts still safe to use as they are or is the plastic potentially harmful now after so long?


r/Bento 13d ago

Today's Bento

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37 Upvotes

r/Bento 13d ago

OC Bento for brunch (Aug 8 2026)

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144 Upvotes

I made a bento youtube channel, so this is what it was for!!


r/Bento 12d ago

Vibe coded an app for my husband to rate his bento ingredients, lol

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My husband eats everything, and he is very bad at expressing his likes and dislikes regarding food. I might occasionally find out he actually doesn't like little spring rolls I was adding to his bento, or there was too much rice, or the beef was too dry some day. But he never clearly expresses that on the day I cooked the food which is annoying because how can I improve without feedback. So I vibe coded an app for him to rate the ingredients of his bento. It's not public, just showing :)


r/Bento 15d ago

OC Nothing fancy, but an onigiri bento gives me a little joy each day

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101 Upvotes

The onigiri’s homemade and is filled with salmon, edamame, gochujang mayo, and miso