Elevate your baon experience with kyaraben bento

Even before they become parents, couples put a lot of time into thinking about how to raise their children. Every potential mom and dad wants to make sure that their kid will eat right, have individual interests that help them grow, and friends that will help them be better. They think of all the fun things they will do together, days they will spend in the park or indoors, putting together puzzles or playing games or doing art projects.

When the kids do come along, though, it’s hard to resist letting the technology do all the parenting for you. A tablet or phone with games will keep a child occupied for hours, that is, when the television isn’t available. The reality is, everyone is pressed for time, and it’s not always easy to find activities you can do together with your younger kids.

The same goes for the children’s diet – health sometimes has to be sacrificed for convenience. While the occasional hotdog and chicken nugget meal can be overlooked, no parent is immune to the feeling of guilt when they find out that processed food is all their child wants to eat, most likely because it’s all they’ve ever known. Nutritious yet tasty food like vegetables and fish seldom make an appearance on the dinner table because it has become a struggle for parents to coax their kids into eating them.

Luckily, there’s a simple solution to both these parenting dilemmas. With a little time and effort, you can introduce healthy food like Gold Seas Tuna Chunks by making kyaraben bento meals with your child. Once done, these packed lunches can then be sent off to school with them, as well as to work with mommy or daddy. It’s a simple activity you can enjoy together every day that also teaches your child about proper nutrition. Kyaraben bento making also encourage kids to explore different tastes and textures which will eventually lead to better eating habits.

Making this a fun and interactive activity for your kids, even preschool ones, is easy. In turn, they’ll love being able to participate in an “adult” activity and get a sense of pride and accomplishment when they get to eat what they made later in the day.

Cute kyaraben as made by Frances Sales @TopazHorizon

What is kyaraben bento?

Kyaraben is basically baon in a lunch box. It makes creative use of healthy ingredients like veggies, fish, meat, rice, and noodles to create fun and whimsical images that children just can’t resist. They usually feature popular cartoon characters or things that children easily identify with like animals, plants, scenery and portraits or faces.

While it’s easy to get intimidated by the contest-quality bento boxes out there, remember that you don’t have to come up with ultra-cute characters for your kids to appreciate it. As long as they have a hand in making it, they’ll love it.

The key is to think out-of-the-box. Plant broccoli “trees” topped with cheese and garlic in a bed of tangy Lemon and Pepper Gold Seas Canned Tuna, nestle egg “chicks” in a carrot and cucumber hash nest, or march little hotdog octopi across fresh salad waves.  

Make mornings kiddie kyaraben time
Here’s a bonus: it’s easier to get kids to wake up on time if they’re looking forward to playing with their food. And with more hands at work on the task, you can complete the bento in no time.

Set the younger ones to work on washing the rice and veggies while you cut and cook. Just make sure that they have a hand in assembling the final product. There’s nothing quite like the look of wonder in a child’s eyes when they finish a bento with you. It’s also equally satisfying to know that the bento box your child has carries excellent nutritious food.

Tuna themed bento box by Kelly Misa

Try to vary what you pack in their lunch boxes to keep it exciting. Use different vegetables and switch up your meat – pork fillets, fried chicken, and tuna patties made from Gold Seas Tuna Chunks make great lunch proteins. Gold Seas Tuna Chunks is an ideal ingredient for bento lunches because it’s rich in Omega 3 and DHA, is packed with more lean tuna meat and has lesser oil content compared to other brands which means more wholesome, chunky goodness for your kids and the entire family.

With a few simple tools, a lunch box, time, and the right ingredients like Gold Seas Tuna Chunks you get to spend mornings with your child and guarantee that they are learning to appreciate healthier options.  

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Gold Seas Tuna Chunks
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