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Well, I could not resist doing a French (which turned into Paris) themed lunch for this review of the French
monbento bento box.
Left Box: Pita bread with shredded pork inside and Trader Joe's edamame crackers on the side. I used my Eiffel tower toast stamp on the pita bread. It did not show up very well so I decided to paint over the bread with my new natural plant based powder food coloring.
Right Box: Watermelon Eiffel tower on top of blackberries, sweet potato coins, cucumber slices, and watermelon "Paris"
The Review
The monbento box that I received is a 2 tier box. Each tier holds 500 ml. This is plenty of room to pack food for all ages. If your child is still small as mine is use the single tier only and as they get older and require more food add the second tier. There are seven pieces in the box: a top lid which can hold utensils and a napking, 2 intermediary lids to keep the tiers airtight, 2 box containers (aka tiers), 1 divider, and 1 elastic band to hold the lunch box together. Both of the intermediary lids have vent hole plugs that can be removed for microwaving your lunch. The box is microwave and dishwasher safe. The outside of the box is a "soft touch" plastic. The lunchbox is BPA free. The inside has been stain resistant for me, however, the outter "soft touch" plastic does stain. I have a small blackberry stain on the outside of my lunchbox. I would recommend buying one of the colored boxes to help camouflage some of those accidental stains on the outside of the box. The monbento is designed in France but made in China. There is a (funny to me) disclaimer in the pamphlet that the product is not a toy and should be kept out of reach of children. However, my four year old has been using it and remains unharmed :-)
Overall, we love our monbento. I can use it for my kids or it can be used for myself or my husband. We give it two thumbs up! You can see the other lunches I have packed in our monbento
here.
Monbento is actually hosting a
giveaway right now and from what I can decipher from the
rules written in French it ends on September 13th. They are giving away one iPad and 100 bentos in celebration of launching their new app. Click the button below to enter! (I have emailed the company in regards to the details of their giveaway and will update this post when I hear back from them)
*I did receive a monbento box in exchange for this review. All product information is from their website or product pamphlet and all opinions are based on my own use of this product.
What I used to make this bento.
Monbento bento box.
Monbento.com
Alphabet cutters. Michaels
Fred and Friends Eiffel Tower toast stamp. Amazon
Eiffel tower cutter.
Bento USA
Natural plant based food coloring.
Chocolatecraftkits.com
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