Recipes that you can make extra and freeze for later speedy-bento prep are marked “Bento Stash”.   Most of these recipes are ideal for packing  your  bento or for any meal.

Recipe	Main Ingredients
Baked Mochiko Chicken	mochiko, chicken
Baked Falafel	falafel mix	Bento Stash
Coconut Rice with Azuki Beans	glutinous rice, coconut, azuki beans
Butter Mochi	sweet rice flour, butter, coconut
Chapchae-Korean Noodles	beef, vegetables, dangmyeon
Chicken Karaage	chicken, cornstarch
Chicken and Mushrooms	chicken, mushrooms, bell peppers
Chicken Tsukune	chicken, ginger, green onions
Chickpea Pancake	chickpea flour	Bento Stash
Corn Butter-Mochi	sweet rice flour, corn
Coconut Sweet Potato Mash	coconut, sweet potato
Deconstructed Smoked Lomi Salmon	smoked salmon, tomato, onion
Eggs with Garlic Chives	eggs, Korean Garlic Chives
Five Spice Chicken	Chicken, Chinese 5 spcie
Furikake Tuna Burger	Tuna, egg, breadcrumbs, cornstarch	Bento Stash
Mock Meat Jun	tofu, egg	Bento Stash
Mock Medallions	vital wheat gluten, falafel mix	Bento Stash
Gingered Carrots	carrots, ginger
Hurricane Popcorn Balls	popcorn, furikake, arare
Lemon Chicken	chicken, lemon
Mini Potato and Tuna Burgers	tuna, potato	Bento Stash
Mini Salmon Quiche	Salmon,eggs, cheese crust	Bento Stash
Pumpkin Butter Mochi	Mochiko (sweet rice flour) pumpkin, butter, eggs
Mock "Huli Huli" Chicken	smoked salt, chicken
Nimono	chicken, renkon, egg, shoyu, carrots
Orange Chicken	seitan or chicken
Quick Seaweed Salad	wakame, sesame oil
Mashed Yams with Coconut	yams, coconut milk
Roasted Lemon Chicken	Chicken, lemon
Roasted Miso Eggplant	eggplant, miso
Sausage and Peppers (vegan)	tofurkey, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes
Salt and Pepper Tofu	tofu, salt, pepper
Savory Caramelized Sweet Potatoes	sweet potatoes	Bento Stash
Seitan, Homemade	gluten
Shoyu Chicken	Chicken, shoyu	Bento Stash
Shoyu Tuna	Tuna, shoyu (soy sauce)
Simmered Two-Bite Potatoes	Potatoes, garlic, spices
Sweet and Sour Wheat Meat	Wheat meat, seitan, pineapple, shoyu
Sweet Miso Roasted Chicken	Chicken, miso
Lazy Tuna Sushi	rice, tuna, egg
Tuna Salad Patties	tuna, mayo, corn starch
Sweet Potato and Goat Cheese	sweet potato, yams, goat cheese
Vegan Dashi	konbu, shiitake mushrooms
Vegan Adobo	wheat meat, seitan, shoyu, vinegar
Vegetarian Ketchup Fried Rice	rice, egg, ketchup