Yummy Kawaii Bento: Preparing Adorable Meals for Adorable Kids

Description

Packing school lunches for fussy children can be a chore. Parents are bored of making the same old soggy sandwiches every day, and your picky eaters don't even show any appreciation when they return their lunchboxes with uneaten veggies and scrappy bits. What if you could entice your children to eat balanced lunches every day? Even better: how do you transform the routine of unoriginal packed lunches into a joy for yourself? Inspired by the Japanese tradition of the bento box-a home-packed meal served in a box with compartments containing different foods-Yummy Kawaii Bento reinvents the concept of the stale packed lunch. Learn to make your very own creative bento boxes and turn the law of "don't play with your food" on its head by reimagining dishes as colorful cartoon characters.

Li Ming Lee is a stay-at-home mom who first began making character bentos when her sons started school and had problems adjusting to their mother's absence. She started documenting her bento adventures on Bentomonsters.com in 2011, and has since created nearly 1,000 different bentos. Her character bentos have been featured on New York Post and The Huffington Post, and her Instagram, instagram.com/bentomonsters, has received 88,000 followers. She lives in Singapore, Singapore.

"Gorgeous boxed lunches...Each of her elaborate creations is filled with both nutrients and whimsy." Huffington Post "A true lunchtime artist...a food styling assassin." New York Post "Turn[s] her sons' dull packed lunches into staggering works of art." Daily Express "Gorgeous boxed lunches...Each of her elaborate creations is filled with both nutrients and whimsy." Huffington Post "A true lunchtime artist...a food styling assassin." New York Post "Turn[s] her sons' dull packed lunches into staggering works of art." Daily Express