Bento Lunches
I have always enjoyed reading up on and seeing photos of bento lunches! Aside from the food most likely being delicious, I positively love how cute the arrangement is in the snazzy bento lunch boxes! I think the way a bento looks probably adds to it's yum-factor. 
What is bento? According to CookingCute.com:
Bento, or o-bento, refers to a packaged, single-portion, portable meal that is usually eaten at lunch, but also comes in larger sizes meant for use at picnics, dinner, and parties. A bento generally consists of rice or noodles and some form of protein (e.g., meat, poultry, fish, tofu) accompanied by side dishes of raw, simmered, or pickled vegetables.
I am determined to start getting into this lovely hobby! I think it will help me learn to cook more (and better, yeow!) as well as prepare healthier foods for myself. I also told Chaz that I will be making him bentos when I move up to Kentucky and he will like them! 
I'm sure he will though, especially if I get him into the cool bento boxes you pack the food into!
Speaking of the cute boxes, I'm going to also start collecting them!
This is my very first bento box! I literally just purchased it and I should get it within the next few days. Of course, I'll update this description when I do, hehe. It is a very pretty blue and comes with a belt, pair of chopsticks & container, and a cute bag! It was purchased at JBox.com.
I hope to add more boxes to my collection soon! I also need to get some accessories. Sauce containers, food dividers and molds, and so on. I'll have to stalk eBay or see if there's a place nearby where I live that sells these things. I probably need a cookbook too! Or maybe I'll just look up recipes online.
Here are my favorite bento-related links right now:
- Bento Recipes - A ton of recipes just for bento lunches!
- Cooking Cute - Auuugh, I LOVE this site!
- The Bento Store - Great resource for boxes, accessories, etc.
- Asian Food Grocer - Buy food, containers, etc, online!
- Laptop Lunches> - American-style bento. I prefer the Japanese version more.
- Japanese Lunch Boxes - Cool info on bento.