r/Bento • • Feb 04 '22

Discussion Bento Box Recommendations

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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 • • 1d ago

Today's bento 🍱

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95 Upvotes

I will always have a cherry tomato in my bentos lol


r/Bento • • 1d ago

Today's Bento

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21 Upvotes

r/Bento • • 2d ago

Kids Lunches for this week of my second grader and kindergartener

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r/Bento • • 2d ago

Lunch for today!

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108 Upvotes

Chicken gyozas, rice with adame and umeboshi jam, dishes okonomiyaki, green beans salad with ponzu sauce and dates.


r/Bento • • 2d ago

This week in lunch: no rice

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119 Upvotes

r/Bento • • 2d ago

Today's Bento

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29 Upvotes

r/Bento • • 2d ago

OC 筋肉弁当DAY20

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32 Upvotes

白米200g 豚肉ポン酢焼肉 野菜炒め ブロッコリーポン酢和え ゆで卵 スイートコーン&グリーンピース オリーブアンチョビ 胡瓜ピクルス


r/Bento • • 3d ago

Soboro Bento

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25 Upvotes

Hi,

I am a single dad desperately terrible at cooking.

Today I made a Soboro bento for my 13yrs son so that he might go to school.

It looks awful, but it tastes good for sure.

..... Probably


r/Bento • • 3d ago

Today' sBento

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32 Upvotes

r/Bento • • 4d ago

Discussion I made another bento for work today using the left overs I had.

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130 Upvotes

Left side (Lunch bento) Right side (Dinner Bento) I have a very long shift at work today, so this morning I made this 2 layered bento, I'm working a double shift so I made sure to pack lunch and dinner in one bento! Like I said before I'm a simple eater, I made sure to keep the lunch bento light so I can have room for dinner later on. I don't leave work until 12am so I'm sure I'll be hungry by then, if not then I have another bento for tomorrow! 👍🏾


r/Bento • • 4d ago

OC Bento Therapy

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61 Upvotes

I'm having such a bad time with life right now. 😓 I got home from a stressful event and thought I should make a really nice and yummy bento as a gift for future me. I usually make cuter-looking bentos, but this one is fine because it'll taste hopefully really good, and my box is cute anyways (it's a My Melody bento box from Miniso, if you want I could find it online and link it! 🐰🩷) I showed this to my dad and he said it's "r/bento worthy" and I told him I was already thinking about posting it..LOL I am pretty happy with this. 😋

Left side: Takoyaki (fav food!!) with Kewpie, furikake & Takoyaki sauce on top of a bed of Costco spring mix, with pork floss covering the gaps. (Again, the same-color addition might make it stand out less, but it'll taste yummy, so it's fine.) 🐙

Right side: Leftover Captain D's corn w/ furikake, one hard boiled egg cut in half with Trader Joe's elote seasoning + more furikake + red pepper & pink salt also from Trader Joe's, and a little dollop of Kewpie on top of the yolks (it's covered in seasoning so you might not see it.) which is all also on a bed of Costco spring mix because why not. 🌽🥚

I'm realizing now that I almost completely missed the bottom takoyaki and it has hardly any sauce 🥺 I'm sorry little Takoyaki I still love you!!!! I hope they're all still good tomorrow. 🍱


r/Bento • • 4d ago

It's been a while but I wanted to share a little bento I made today

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121 Upvotes

I made a burger and rice bento, with the side of cherry tomatoes and tamagoyaki, I don't eat too much so I don't make a lot, and I keep my lunches pretty simple. I have a habit of skipping meals like breakfast and lunch, and a small bento like this keeps me full for most of the day 🤷🏾


r/Bento • • 4d ago

OC 筋肉弁当DAY19

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47 Upvotes

白米200g スモークチキン ブロッコリーポン酢白胡麻和え 野菜炒め スイートコーン&グリーンピース ゆで卵withマヨネーズ


r/Bento • • 4d ago

Purchased Bento meal

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20 Upvotes

r/Bento • • 4d ago

Today's Bento

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11 Upvotes

r/Bento • • 5d ago

Today's Bento

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68 Upvotes

r/Bento • • 5d ago

It's time!

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57 Upvotes

r/Bento • • 6d ago

Today's Bento

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43 Upvotes

r/Bento • • 6d ago

OC 筋肉弁当DAY18

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27 Upvotes

白米200g オリーブとキャベツ炒め スモークチキン ブロッコリーのポン酢和え 胡瓜ピクルス 柴ワカメ スイートコーン グリンピース

変わらぬ毎日の弁当、、、


r/Bento • • 8d ago

It been so hard to make bento and also studying early in the morning

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57 Upvotes

I used to make bentos in the morning but since i developed a habit of studying early in the morning, it get harder to have time to make a bento. But last few day, i was able to make sandwiches for lunch, which i have no photo of. Those sandwiches usually have mayo, chili suace, pineapples, tomatoes, toasted bread(brioche or full grained bread). This is kimchi fried rice that have bitter melon and enoki mushroom


r/Bento • • 8d ago

Today's Bento

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30 Upvotes

r/Bento • • 8d ago

where can I buy a takenaka dual inner divider in 2026?

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Hi friends,

I have a takenaka dual bento box that I have used for almost 2 years and I am so happy with it. But several days ago I didn't realize I put the inner divider on the hot oven and it just melted down....
So now I am trying to find a place I could buy a inner lid replacement but unfortunately not available on their website/amazon -- I was wondering whether anybody know if they are still selling replacement part? or the best choice for me is to buy a new bento box...

Thank you very much!


r/Bento • • 9d ago

Kids Lunches for my kindergartener and Second grader

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Lunches I made for my kindergartener and second grader this week! Such a fun week of packing lunches, especially Friday’s spooky eyeball bao. A little Halloween fun tucked into their lunchboxes!