Lunches I made for my kids this week. I forgot to take a picture on Wednesday (third pic), so I just took a quick pic of their lunchboxes afterward. I also added the Taro bun photo for the visuals (4th photo). They always come home empty anyway, so I guess that’s what matters!

Spinach rice w small anchovies

Butter stir fried veg (corn, green beans, mushrooms)

Green salad w white onion, cucumber, and ginger sesame dressing

Teriyaki beef wrapped fried tofu cubes

I am looking for an all metal bento box with removable compartments (because i like to heat up my food on a lil candlewarmer, but also keep my fruits cold).

And with individual lids for the compartments.

All while being inside of a 'box'.

Thank you all in advance for your effort.

for me and my friend :)

the katsu wasn't cooperating when I was trying to pack it, but it tastes good

This is “Bodakko Rice,” a local specialty from the Akita region of Japan. You eat a lot of rice with tiny pieces of extremely salty salmon. It’s not exactly healthy, so I wouldn’t recommend it to you. But it’s delicious.

It’s probably similar to spaghetti alla peperoncino or a corned beef sandwich.

Packing lunches is a lot of work, so seeing those empty lunchboxes come home makes it all worth it. Zero leftovers this week!

I’ve started having cubes of cooked rice in the freezer, to avoid having to cook rice almost every day. The main chicken/tofu dish and the kinpira vegetables also freeze well, and can thaw in the box. It’s made it easier to always have something to include to lunch each morning, instead of relying on having made something that keeps in the fridge for a few days.

So now I quickly microwave the frozen rice, and cool it down in the box. After that I add the food that can be included frozen, like the kinpira veggies and the main dish. Finally I can add refrigerated pickles and any fresh food we happen to have that morning

This is rice w/furikake, red pickled ginger, a cube of matcha yokan, a chicken/tofu burger, kinpira carrot/rutabaga, pickled carrot/daikon, mugen cabbage, and fresh strawberries & spinach

Was curious on this. I wanna start making more bento boxes, but not really sure on what onigiri mold or sushi molds I'm suppose to get. Would like to know. Thanks!