The Box

OK, so you start with this:

It's a cupcake holder from Dollar Tree. Cost: one buck.

You can find a whole host of different small containers to go in it, such as a snap-top sandwich container...

a veggie & dip container...

icepack-lidded containers in two sizes...

cups with lids...

smaller condiment cups with lids...

and snap-top containers in many sizes.

You can even get a cool bento-looking set of cutlery in the kids' dishes section. This matches the red of the box exactly and the fork and knife even snap together! How cool is that?

I was able to get several different combinations to fit in the box so that the lid would still go on it.

You do have to mess with the lid quite a bit to get it to go on right, but once you have all four sides clipped, it holds together quite well.

Here's a pic of my packed Mexican Bento. I couldn't find room for everything, so two containers had to ride shotgun.

Recipes and meal plans for what goes into the Dollar Tree Bento will come in later posts.

What This Blog Is About

This is a companion blog to my Omaha Walks blog. I've enjoyed making healthy bento box lunches so much for that project that I've started to come up with bentos of my own, which I will post here. It's also about my discovery that you can create a nice bento box container from stuff you can get at the Dollar Tree. See below for more.