/ck/ - Food & Cooking

what would you pack for lunch if you had no access to a fridge or microwave? i commute to college and have little time between classes so i've just been packing sandwiches which is boring. thanks /ck/

I had a heavy weeb phase years ago and made me and my husband bento boxes every morning for lunch. Sadly, he always complained that they were never enough food for him. (Even when I made the larger boxes)

The idea is to stuff as much variety and colors into every nook and cranny so that all the space is taken up. (Either by edible food, or decor food - like lettuce leaves and shit.) Rice is sort of the main stomach-filler, but around that rice, it's common to pack a variety of meats or veggies cooked in a variety of different ways.

I finally stopped when I realized that I was getting up extra early and doing all this work for a jerk who didn't even really care if I hand made an elaborate lunch or just tossed a frozen dinner in his lunch bag.

I still, on occasion, enjoy playing around with making bento for myself. It's fun to cook and I like knowing that I can make nice things that are aesthetically nice to look at, as well as good tasting.

There are tons of videos on line, of course. There's this one guy who makes bento for his whole family every day and I like to see his variety of ideas that he comes up with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8oK7dGCyps