My Two Cents: Healthy Bento Lunch Box

HI-Ya !

Bento Box:  is a box shaped compartmental container designed to hold Japanese side dishes. A traditional bento holds rice, fish or meat, with pickled or cooked vegetables.

 I love Sushi and although it's not the healthiest choice when choosing a meal, I do indulge (responsibly....lol)  in a sushi roll every now -n- then.  If  I'm feeling really frisky I'll get the Bento box, which is a plethora of tasty foods.  My favorite component are the tempura vegetables, which are light fried...... ohhh Weeee!!!

I take brown bag lunches (not literally...I have a cute insulated lunchbox) to work and sometimes I can get burned out on the same lunch items week in and week out.  I've come up with a smorgasbord of lunch meals or snacks to add to my very own bento lunch box.  My bento box are compartmental food storage containers I found at my neighborhood Walmart.

They have different shapes and sizes

Look at this.....I came across this Thermos and I immediately had a happy thought.....I could make me a green smoothie in the morning and and it would still be cold and frosty at lunch time.

Today's Bento Lunchbox includes

• Parsley & Quinoa Salad (see recipe here)
• Chicken Lollipops - I took a grilled chicken breast cut them in cubes and slid them on wooden toothpicks.... Voilà !  
• Fruit cup; fresh strawberries and blueberries
• Triscuit brown rice crackers (they come in different flavors....the sweet potato & roasted onion is my favorite

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More bento lunch ideas

• Whole Wheat wrap (meat or veggies), not eating bread ? ...lettuce wraps work too!
• Turkey meatballs
• Cooked veggies
• Coleslaw
• Brown rice or Quinoa
• Tuna or Chicken salad
• Veggie lollipop; cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, mozzarella, with a side of dressing.
• Fruit lollipop; apples, grapes, pear, strawberries, etc..
• Deviled eggs
• Granola
• Soup or Chili
• Turkey roll ups (deli turkey, mozzarella stick, leaf lettuce)
• Air-popped Popcorn
• Etc....................

On another note 

* I use silicon cupcake holders to keep food separate, which also gives me a little more room in my bento box.





The lunch choices are endless, so make your own healthy bento lunch box today !!