Japanese Bento Boxes For Kids

Japanese Bento Boxes are a great way to spruce up your daily packing of lunches for your family.  Although, I hardly have the time to eat them myself, packing them for my family has become fun and they love it!

A "Bento" is a single meal portion for takeout that is very common in Japanese cuisine.  Usually, they consist of meat, fish, or rice.  Cooked vegetables are popular as a side dish.  They are very healthy and quite aesthetically pleasing to look at.  The food can be arranged to resemble flowers, toys (like Elmo), leaves, or dolls.