Morning prep time: 6 minutes. These sausages are special: I helped butcher the roosters they're made from, and Hank Shaw of the Hunter Angler Gardener Cook blog made them. Full details on the bento and my rooster excursion with Hank, Elise of Simply Recipes, and Garrett from Vanilla Garlic are here at Lunch in a Box.

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Morning prep time: 12 & 13 minutes. Full details here at Lunch in a Box with a review of local Alaskan jellies (salmonberry, spruce tip, and salal) and additional mom/son lunches.

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I recently went on live TV to do a news segment about speedy bento lunches; this is one of the lunches I made for that spot. Full packing details, three additional lunches, and a write-up of the whole experience with a link to the online video is here at Lunch in a Box.

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Morning prep time: 10 minutes. Full details here at Lunch in a Box with a link to an article in The Washington Post that amusingly calls me "the Rachael Ray of bentos".

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Morning prep time: 30+ minutes (not speedy, but it was a special occasion for the Children's Day holiday). Full details here at Lunch in a Box with notes on equipment, decoration technique, and lyrics to Koinobori (the classic Children's Day song).

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Morning prep time: 15 minutes. Full details with mini onigiri cooking notes, and info on limited edition Guinness Marmite & champagne Marmite yeast extract spreads here at Lunch in a Box.



 

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Morning prep time: 10 minutes each. Full details here at Lunch in a Box with thoughts on using thermal food jars for pasta.

 

 

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Morning prep time: 12 minutes (rambutan lunch) and 3 minutes (rolled sandwich lunch). Full details here at Lunch in a Box.

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Morning prep time: 7 minutes. Made with a sandwich cutter that creates little dinosaur sandwiches without crusts. Full review and info on cutter, new Asvel bento box (and its vented lid) here at Lunch in a Box.

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Morning prep time: 12 minutes (sandwich) and 6 minutes (curry). Full details here with sandwich variations at Lunch in a Box speed bento blog.