Just Bento

This is so handy! Thank you for sharing it with everyone. And for including a US size. I’ve ordered my first bento box after following this website for a couple weeks, and I can’t wait to get started!

Thank you so much for offering a download of this! I have been making bento for my husband and myself for a couple years now, and there have been plenty of mornings in which I haven’t planned anything, and end up frantically trying (and sometimes failing) to put together a nutritious and visually appealing bento at the last minute. This is such a great idea- I really think it will help me be more organized and creative with my bento-making! :)

I was doing something similar to this, but without the form, and I kept putting notes for the next week in one place, and notes about the current week somewhere else and then forgetting something because I never managed to have all my little notes in the same place. (Er, I am a tad disorganized.)

This form is exactly what I needed!

I’ll have to do something like that in my day planner—especially since we also bento on weekends for me and the hub (we both need to lose weight and have health issues). It might also keep me from wondering what the heck I’m doing when it comes time to create the bentos and help me spread out the few veggies my husband seems to like in his bentos.

Awesome! Thanks for posting this!

thank you so much for making this available. It is an incredible help for lunches for my partner and me. No more going to the grocery story every day because there’s something I forgot!

I’m new at bento-ing and I found that planning my meals would be so much easier. Plus it helps me save up on groceries because I know what to buy for this week and next. I was planning my meals on a weekly planner that somebody gave to me, and never used (that’s what Blackberrys are for). However, I lost that weekly planner so I’m glad that I found this format although it’s still a little too big for my post-it board and I usually work weekends. I hope that I can get my hands on another planner this time. Thanks!

I use a form really similar to this to map out the week’s meals. I got the idea from a book on nutrition that I edited a long time ago. It’s great to map out a week’s worth of nutrition (balancing intake over a week instead of over a day is much easier), and have the grocery list on the side. Plus it’s wonderful at the end of a day not to have to decide on what to make for dinner. The chart tells me and I already have all the ingredients on hand.

Like you, I sort through the freezer and fridge stash before making the week’s menu, so I can use things up.

I Made a modification though…I did the form with all 7 days on it… I am a college student and will be spending at least Saturdays on campus working on projects (Sunday is my Cooking Day) and since I am planning on doing Bento for all of my meals (mainly for portion control) it’s easier to have all seven days on the form… :D

I printed one out and put it in a plastic sheet protector
instant dry erase board :) that you can reuse but only use dry erase
markers !

This is a great resource. Thanks! Linking to it from an article I am writing on planning healthy lunches.

Any chance we can have the Weekly Meal Planner file in SPANISH? Thank you sooo much!

Hello! I just love your site! so fun to just look at all pictures of bentos! I am also wondering if you want me to translate the "bento planner" to swedish? Have a nice day! /love Anna