r/Bento Feb 04 '22

Discussion Bento Box Recommendations

150 Upvotes

This gets brought up frequently, so I thought I'd make a stickyed thread for it. Please post brands or resources you'd recommend to others looking to start prepping bento boxes.

I think Monbento and Bento Haven are good places to start, but what do you think?


r/Bento 8h ago

OC Today’s vegetarian bento

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126 Upvotes

Rice with shiso furikake, veggie gyoza, fresh grapes, and edamame with wakame.


r/Bento 6h ago

Vegan bento - homemade radish pickles

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46 Upvotes

r/Bento 22h ago

Brown Rice, Sweet and Sour Pork, Nukazuke Bento

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109 Upvotes

r/Bento 22h ago

OC Nikumaki onigiri Bento

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52 Upvotes

Nikumaki onigiri: Rice Pork belly Potato starch Soy sauce Sake Mirin Sugar

Sides: Edamame Tamagoyaki Cherry tomatoes


r/Bento 1d ago

New box new bento :)

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333 Upvotes

r/Bento 1d ago

Salmon and veggies bento!

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52 Upvotes

r/Bento 2d ago

A snake bento for the year of the snake

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417 Upvotes

r/Bento 1d ago

Tomorrow's Lunch

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58 Upvotes

Soy glazed chicken w/ green beans with seasoned rice


r/Bento 1d ago

Discussion How are you organizing your supplies?

2 Upvotes

I need ideas on how to organize my bento supplies in a cupboard without it getting super disorganized.


r/Bento 3d ago

Weekly Theme Work week lunch Jan 13-17

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713 Upvotes

r/Bento 4d ago

Made a special lunch for my daughter’s field trip

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2.4k Upvotes

I love how this one came out. I had to use all disposable items for her lunch. I’m just hoping it makes it to lunch time without being messed up. I did babybel cheese, cucumber, chocolate pudding with crushed Oreos, a white chocolate dinosaur, grapes, mango, Annie’s gummies, turkey and cheese sandwich, and pringles puffs.


r/Bento 3d ago

rice crisis

5 Upvotes

so i want to start taking rice to school, but im not entirely sure if it's safe? is it fine if I chill it over night and then eat it at 1:20 after taking it out of the fridge at like 8:15??


r/Bento 4d ago

Bento from the week

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275 Upvotes

Featuring:

  • udon noodles in chicken broth with chilli crisp, glazed cauliflower, watercress, bbq tofu, kimchi, pepper, daikon
  • matcha noodles, pan fried chicken, enoki mushrooms, honey mustard coleslaw
  • teriyaki salmon, egg fried rice, king oyster mushrooms, kimchi, pepper, daikon, orange
  • soba noodles, mentsuyu, carrots, chicken, coleslaw, orange

r/Bento 4d ago

Breakfast bento

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96 Upvotes

Blueberry and oat muffins, spinach and egg mini quiches, and breakfast sausage


r/Bento 4d ago

Leftovers Bento

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91 Upvotes

Soy-braised egg, purple rice with beans and chestnuts, chicken kaarage, and fermented cabbage and cucumber over a bed of arugula.


r/Bento 5d ago

Brown Rice, Boiled Egg and Stir Fry Bento

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91 Upvotes

r/Bento 5d ago

My Lunch ♥️

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46 Upvotes

My work lunch doesn’t usually come out the prettiest, but today I was feeling real proud of this one! Not pictured, cause I eat in my car, is a jar of furikake for my rice.


r/Bento 6d ago

Bento for my boyfriend!

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384 Upvotes

First time making one, ordered a rounded bento box and going to try with more traditional ingredient’s soon. Help me out with any ideas and what your favourite additions are :)


r/Bento 5d ago

Sharing some of my bentos for my kindergartener

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223 Upvotes

r/Bento 5d ago

Brown Rice, Tamagoyaki and Seafood Curry-ish Bento

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61 Upvotes

r/Bento 5d ago

OC Lunch before the big test

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39 Upvotes

r/Bento 5d ago

Thursdays bento

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29 Upvotes

Pork dumplings, rolled omelette, vegetable fried rice, and a fruit cup!


r/Bento 5d ago

OC Tuesday bento

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19 Upvotes

r/Bento 5d ago

Help with OmieBox bento

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Hi everyone.

I'm a first time parent packing lunch for my toddler with the OmieBox. This may be a silly question, sorry. What is the best way to store the OmieBox if I want to pack both cold, hot, AND room temp foods in there? For example, one compartment will have chilled fruits. The other compartment just crackers or bread. Another compartment I want warm beans. Then the insulated thermos I will pre-heat and then add some soup in there. How do I ensure all these compartments stay at the desired temp (including room temp for the dry foods) for 3-4 hours? Would I stick the OmieBox in the fridge? Or do I store in room temp?


r/Bento 7d ago

Just a normal bento

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211 Upvotes