Two pretty pink onigiri topped with kamaboko “ribbons” help raise awareness of breast cancer.

Ginkgo leaves are easy to cut from fall veggies, and add a pop of fall color to your lunch!

A sweet potato fish decorates a healthy school lunch bento.

Purple potato and black “forbidden” rice make for an exotic and appealing vegetarian lunch.

Egg salad on Paris Baguette’s soft, fluffy “milk bread” — a heavenly lunch!

jalapeno kimbap from e-mo (a take-out joint in k-town) makes a perfect quick packed lunch!

An apple for the teacher in the first day of school bento.

Who wouldn’t enjoy Kai-Lan and her animal buddies in their bento lunch?

Char siu bao, reinvented as Astro Boy! What could be more fun in your field trip bento?

Ponyo, Ponyo, Ponyo little fishy in the…bento…

Happy onigiri (rice balls)

Start practicing now for back-to-school lunches!

Smiling chocolate chip pancakes make for a true Happy Meal bento.

Domokun Sandwich Bento: RAWR!

Add some summer to your sandwich bento with cheese watermelons!

Lychee panda graces a summery somen salad bento in a slim elegant bento box.

Read my review of a beautiful wooden bento box.

See three bentos I made for a Hawaii morning news show.

What could be more perfect for summer than slippers in your bento?

Send the husband to work with a healthy, economical hot or cold lunch in the Mr. Bento lunch jar by Zojirushi.

A pretty, vintage-inspired lunch… hit the park in style!

Unlike raw fish, fried chicken — paired with red onion, jalapeno, butter lettuce and lime zest — stays fresh in your bento box!