Just Bento

A review of a sleek little bento box that actually heats up your food without a microwave. continue reading...

In case you don’t follow the sister site, Just Hungry, last week we got home from attending my father’s memorial service in New York to find out we had been burgled in our absence. Among other things, they took most of our ‘temporary’ kitchen equipment (we are still in the middle of renovations…) including the working hotplate, the microwave oven (which was also a convection oven…so handy), not to mention my food processor, KitchenAid mixer, even my stick blender. continue reading...

Yasai no nikumaki, or vegetables wrapped in thinly sliced meat, (niku means meat and maki means wrap or roll) is a colorful and delicious standby item for bentos in Japan. This recipe uses a typical American cut of beef, very thinly sliced sirloin or ‘cheesesteak beef’. continue reading...

A classic Japanese vegetable side dish made with a very European vegetable. continue reading...

A really easy and refreshing salad that keeps for a week in the refrigerator. Great for bentos of course. continue reading...

From the archives. I got an email over the weekend from someone asking for vegetarian recipes. Well, there are a lot of vegetarian and vegan recipes here actually. Here is one I posted last year, a tasty ovo-vegetarian tofu-and-egg dish inspired by healthy Korean cooking, named after a classic italian dish. And of course, great in bentos! continue reading...

A bit of weekend fun! An IKEA campaign with the neatest looking bento box ever. continue reading...

The Guy is back, with a hearty yet fairly low-calorie warm bento. continue reading...