I’m super excited…I just bought 2 bento boxes and other stuff. Bento boxes are a Japanese cultural item which are lunch boxes and the food is often artistic. I stumbled upon a Lunch in a Box Blog about a year or less ago and loved seeing how she made fast lunches for her family that were both interesting and nutritional. Food is such a big aspect of my life it’s kind of borderline crazy. I love looking at food pictures and reading about how to prepare dishes.

I’ve been itching to buy bento boxes for a while but never got around to buying the items. But lately it’s been on my mind because I hate when Nathan forgets to eat breakfast and goes hungry for hours while working. Plus he’s kind of anti-fruit in that he doesn’t like to actually take it out of the fridge…If I slice up apples and put grapes and oranges on a plate he will eat them right up, but he thinks of them more as snack foods and won’t willingly go to get them. I guess he likes meals in general so I guess he just thinks eating random pieces of fruit is unusual. It might also have to do with the fact that he’s been a vegan for so long that he is in ‘complete protein’ mode. Anyway, I know that if i prepare a bento box for him and add fruits and veggies he’ll eat them right up.

So yup this is sort of a random post but I was just so happy shopping for bento boxes. Oh how I can’t wait until my rice molds get here so I can make rice balls in the shapes of bunnies and bears.