How to Make Your Very Own Healthy Bento Box Lunch

7 Bento Box Tips & Ideas to Make Your Own

1. Veggies first. For a truly healthy lunch, make veggies the largest compartment of your bento box, followed by some fruit, protein and then some healthy fat like avocado, olives or nuts.
2. Wrap your veggies in foil. Fun fact: they stay extra crisp that way!
3. Play with different flavor combinations. The bento box is the perfect time to play with new food pairings!
4. Try a theme. If you’re not sure what to put in your bento box lunch, pick a fun theme to work around. Maybe it’s foods that start with the letter “S” (smoked salmon, strawberries, squash!) or a country (Indian! Mexican! Japanese!) or childhood faves (PB&J, ants on a log, a juice box!) or deconstructed anything (Pasta salad! Lettuce wraps! Turkey sandwich!) — the sky is the limit!
5. Prep for easy clean-up. If you don’t want your lunch box to be all gross (or if you hate doing more dishes than you have to), try lining your entire bento box with parchment paper. It makes for ridiculously easy clean-up.
6. Use what you have. While you can invest in a cool custom bento box, you can most likely use goodies you already have in your house. Items like Tupperware, cupcake liners, baggies, and even cut-up pieces of cereal boxes as dividers work perfectly!
7. Have fun with it! Seriously, be as silly or as foodie as you want to be. The best healthy bento box lunch is the one you had fun making — and eating!
Do you ever make a bento box lunch? What do you bento box tips do you have? —Jenn