Our school recently allowed parents to deliver in food at lunchtime and about the same time I was introduced to bento making. Bento is Japanese for "meal in a box" and what was traditionally a practical way of transporting food has been transformed into an artform.
Maybe that last bit is not so true for me but the Bento group I belong to on facebook display some amazing lunch boxes made for children and spouses that look too good to eat. On one BBC news article I saw recently, there is so much pressure for Mum's in Japan to produce artistic bento boxes on a daily basis that Mum's go to classes taught by bento experts - I need to go to one! And when it comes to "bento gear", the list is endless from boxes, to silicone cups to separate the food, food picks, cups, moulds, nori cutters, cutters for fruit & veg and I'm sure there's a whole load more out there waiting for me to discover!
I'm not the most creative person but since making the children's food look more attractive, I have been rewarded with empty lunch boxes when I pick them up and to me that is just the best thing ever!
pasta salad, edamame, longan and watermelon sprinkled with sunflower seeds
tuna filled onigiri (rice balls), watermelon, grapes and rice +chicken for Ayden
jam, cheese croissants, yellow watermelon, purple cabbage and cucumber
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