I know I am not alone in celebrating the end of school lunch prep! Funny how at the beginning of the year we are excited about new lunch boxes and we have so many ideas - but before long the job is just another to add to our long list of things to do each day.
I have been working on a CPO lunch special for back to school and as part of this special I have discovered the fun of preparing lunch Bento style. While the Bento comes from Japan, North American’s are adopting this style of meal preparation. My daughter Emmy and I put a Bento lunch together for the kids today and we had so much fun. I often put school lunch notes into their boxes to remind them that I am thinking of them - and the Bento is a new version of lunch note for me. I plan to send a Bento to the kids camps a few times this summer and may even try it out in the fall when they head back to class. Their school is among many who have adopted the Balanced Day and the Bento is perfect for this kind of eating. I can put together two small lunches and they can eat them at their two nutrition breaks.
If you have created a Bento box for your kids share what you packed it in and what kind of box you use. I can see how left-overs will be more fun when packed bento-style!
Happy Summer!
Helen
