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    home » Lunchbox Recipes

    How to pack a bento style snack in a sandwich container

    Published: Dec 24, 2015. Modified: Dec 24, 2015By:Kylie·This post may contain affiliate links·

    One of the key elements of bento style food is that it looks really good. One of the reasons it looks so good is because it is packed into small spaces quite tightly and therefore has no blank space around it. But so many of the bento style lunchboxes are really expensive. Which is fine if you are committed and sure that you want to pack that style of lunch. If you're looking to try it out, or if you can't commit to the price of a bento lunch box, I'm about to teach you how to pack a bento style snack in a sandwich container.

    For some people this may well be your first foray into bento style lunches. If that's the case I recommend you take a squizz at the lunch week in review posts as they will give you a good idea of what you are trying to achieve.

    bento style

    The key to making a bento style snack in a sandwich container is the equipment. You need to have some silicone cupcake holders or barans. They can be square, round, oblong, oval whatever, so long as you can make them fit together neatly like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle in the container. I'm currently using a couple of zak! containers and also some Tupperware ones. I've also got a frozen one too that is used a fair bit.

    Here's an example of how they fit together:

    bento style sandwich container

    See how they look really tight in the container? That's a key element to making the bento style work in a container that is just an open space. I've used a sistema dipper, a square cupcake mold and these little lettuce cups from Little Bento World.

    bento style

    In the one above I've squeezed in some strawberries to keep it all from moving!

    bento style

    This one has inside out sushi, and date and apple bickies in it. See how all the little silicone containers work together!

    bento style

    This method works best for dry foods and things that are relatively squishy and means that kids have an awesome snack box with lots of variety!

    How to pack a bento style snack in a sandwich box, with links to recipes used and all the bits and bobs needed to do this quickly and easily!

     

    This post contains affiliate links, which means if you purchase from the links you follow for the lunchboxes, I get a small commission. You pay the same price, but the commission helps me to pay for hosting etc.

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    1. mercieraurelie says

      March 01, 2017 at 11:17 pm

      Some nice ideas here! Thanks! 🙂

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