Wood bento boxes, go green with your Japanese inspired meal. We are all hearing about our contribution to the dramatic rise in global warming, and the Go Green Initiative is being pushed forward in urgent earnest by most developed countries. It's our duty to use sustainable materials for items that we use daily, and one of those is ...
There are many advantages to preparing bento lunch box meals as a part of your daily life. You get to eat a balanced diet, save money if choosing the right foods possibly lose a few kilograms and most importantly develop healthy eating habits. Bento lunch boxes are perfect for getting your family to eat a balanced diet though it all...
Bento boxes have become extremely popular for young and old. The container which serves as a useful medium for carrying healthy lunches while on the go or used at home for a traditionally cooked Japanese meal can be divided into two types; the everyday sensible bento and the decorative or traditional bento. The five fundamental rule...
A circa 19th century antique Japanese bento box, in hardwood with brass accents. It has three stacking sections, secured by a brass bar through the handle and top box. Japanese Bento Box Antique Bento Boxes 1 Antique Bento Boxes 2 ...
Making bento meals have become extremely popular for entertaining guests and the family, they are also widely used for preparing a nutritionally balanced diet for lunches at the workplace, school lunches or even prepared for events, picnics and outings. The secret to making a delicious bento meal has the right bento equipment; this ...
Kyaraben Bento or charaben (キャラ弁) which is a short term used in Japanese culture for "character bento" is a way of elaborately preparing your bento meals with food decorated to look like your favourite cartoon characters, people, movie stars, animals, family members, plants or anything else that interests the family. Originally, Kya...
Japanese Bento Boxes | The ‘bento box’ that has its origins in Japan is more or less familiar to everyone worldwide. However, it is only the few who will know in-depth about it as to why it is being used or how it is to be used and the benefits obtained from its use. In Japan, the bento box is a part of every homemaker's daily ritua...
Bento box or obento has its origins in Japan, where making beautifully packaged healthy lunch for the family is considered a ritual. Healthy bento boxes for adults should be simple but arranged in such an attractive manner that the process of making bento turns into culinary art. In recent years the bento box concept has spread acro...
Bento Box Magic | The sense of fun associated with bento boxes has made them highly popular worldwide. Besides the fun element, the functionality purpose is also served effectively by them. Bento boxes or Obentos as they are called in Japan are very appealing to kids and adults alike. Bento Box Magic Serves all purposes All kids who...
Hinomaru Bento | The term, Hinomaru, means ‘circle of the sun’ in Japanese and stands for the Japanese flag. Hinomaru bento is a traditional bento box with steamed rice with a pickled umeboshi in the centre as its food contents. The red umeboshi or plum resembles the Japanese flag, and hence this bento is called the ‘Hinomaru’ bento. Hino...
Bento has earned a reputation for being a healthy lunch or dinner on the go as they are stuffed with nutrients, colour and great taste. The image of a packed bento may fill a novice with trepidation thinking about the daunting task that lies ahead while preparing the meal. However, this need not be the case, if you adhere to a few ...
Healthy Bento Box, Tool for Kids Healthy Eating | Eating a balanced lunch by the family members is the priority of every homemaker and rightly so! A human body needs to consume the varied amount of nutrients in the right proportions to function effectively. If your child brings his lunch home every day, it gets the mother all worried and fru...
Healthy Bento Boxes - One means to power your way to a slimmer you is by using a bento box! The bento box concept has become quite familiar to people across the world, yet it's good to refresh one’s knowledge about them and how they can help. Healthy Bento Boxes The world has been enriched with knowledge of nutrition and diet secrets t...
Healthy Japanese Bento | The Japanese bento box is an inherent part of Japan's food culture though now the idea has caught on in a big way in Western countries. Healthy Japanese Bento What is a Japanese Bento? The Japanese bento is supposed to be the lunch box, but it is something more than that; it contains its own distinct type of...
Japanese Tamagoyaki for Bento | Bento boxes has become popular among kids and adults worldwide today. They are a convenient and highly appealing medium for carrying packed lunches to school, offices, picnics etc. Japanese Tamagoyaki for Bento Tamagoyaki- One of the Favorite Bento Side Dishes One of the most popular side dishes that ...
Bento Box Culture | The homemade bento has been an inherent part of Japanese culture since the yore days and continues to be so even today. Used in several settings ranging from fall leaf viewing, cherry blossom viewing, baseball games, kabuki theatre to railway sojourns the bento is cherished essentiality in Japan. Impact of Bento Box Cu...
In the Meiji period, the first ekibentō or ekiben "train station bento" was sold in 1885 at the Utsunomiya Train Station in Japan's northern Kantō region. The meal consisted of two freshly made onigiri balls, a few slices of pickled daikon radish wrapped in a sheet of bamboo bark. Since then, the ekiben bento “train station bento” ...
Japanese Bento Dishes | Bento boxes have become popular worldwide for several benefits offered by them. The multiple small-sized sections that it comes with help to size down the meal portions and also provide an option to carry varied food menu items. This encourages the individual to consume a balanced meal consisting of several nutrients ...
