Bento

Eating is one of the most intimate, personal things we do every day. We are actually taking a product, an item into our body - what can be more personal than that? Every day I sit in the break room at lunch and I eat with people. They are usually eating the ubiquitous Healthy Choice frozen food, or Hot Pockets, or frozen pizza. I sit there like a dork with my little Mr. Bento (or other bento box) eating a lunch that I prepared at home. I know that preparing food is a pain and time consuming. It is easier to just grab something out of the freezer and stick it in the microwave but we are only cheating ourselves when we do that. Food and the pleasure of eating is a gift we have been given and I never want to take that for granted or want to brush it aside because I am too busy. Eating is an affirmation of life and love. I know that every afternoon, my husband sits down, opens up his lunch and eats a meal planned, prepared and packed by me. Meals and food should be an event, something looked forward to and appreciated.

The best place to buy Mr. Bento - Amazon.com $41.85 with free shipping. Not cheap but if you pay $5/day or more for lunch....well, you can see how it will pay for itself within months. Hey, we all know that a trip a day to the vending machine really adds up in dollars and pounds. There are also much cheaper alternatives than Mr. Bento. One is the Fit & Fresh lunch pack which runs about $6-7 or the Fit & Fresh Soup and Salad.
We are what we eat :-)