This is why I bought this box

[dreamshark]

I'm moving into the second stage of my bento fascination. No longer am I trying to do something different and exciting each day. Now I'm trying to get into a groove, where I look at the food available for lunch and immediately know exactly which box I should use. After several tries I have finally figured out how to make perfect use of the large, double-tier, microwavable Hakoya box. The starting point for this lunch is having enough ingredients for a big, fancy salad that will comfortably fill up the bottom tier. I usually start with a big pile of baby spinach, and then keep piling on little salad treats until I run out of space. I have 3 of those little honey bears, so there should always be a clean one on  hand for the dressing. I then quickly fill up the top (hot) tier with a serving of frozen dumplings of some kind from my Trader Joe collection with random leftovers in the small removable compartment. Voila!  Lunch that is not only pretty, tasty and healthy, but QUICK.

Bento #41 - Perfect Hakoya A perfect example of the kind of lunch I had in mind when I bought this Hakoya box. Hot Tier: fancy ravioli of some kind and leftover vegies. Salad Tier: spinach, sprouts, black olives, blueberries, mozarella cheese, carrots, walnuts. Dressing in the bear.