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Welcome to the last lesson of Bento 101: Getting Into The Bento Habit. In this lesson we'll talk about the best reasons to get into the bento making lifestyle, and some tips for keeping it going.





Bento 101 (Getting into the Bento Making Habit) Part 3: Let's pack a bento


It's time to get real - pack a real bento for lunch, that is!

Bento 101 mid-term summary and upcoming lessons

Catching up on what we've covered so far, and looking ahead to the rest of the course.


Bento supply display shelf in local Japanese supermarket

Welcome back to the 3rd lesson in Bento 101: Getting Into the Bento Making Habit. If you've been following along, by now you should have a list of foods you like to eat that you consider to be packable for lunch, as well as experimented with putting a meal in a box. If you're just joining us, there's still plenty of time to catch up!





Let's move on to the next topic: what to put your bento lunch in. We will get into more detail about this next week, since many people in my experience get stuck on this point. Some people go out and get a bento box and find it too small, or too big, or just not usable for some reason. Others look at the tiny looking boxes pictured online and think, "no way am I going to be full eating just that". Then there are people who want to lose or maintain their weights with bento lunches and think that getting a tiny one is the answer. In other words, there's quite a bit of confusion.


I've seen some discussion in the comments and elsewhere about whether the bento-friendly foods form posted with the first lesson can be used by vegans or vegetarians. I'm not a vegetarian myself, but I eat like one about 70% of the time, and I certainly think that the form is usable.

For lacto- or lacto-ovo vegetarians it's pretty straightforward. You'd put things like cheese and other dairy products in the Protein column.


