Founding Whitebelts get the first year for $45.
DadBento
2x weekly bento plans for parents who want minimal kitchen time

Japanese-style lunch your kid actually eats.Made by a Tokyo dad who went from burning water to happily washing fully eaten bento boxes.

Two fresh bento plans a week, a short shopping list, and a ten-minute method. No cute characters (maybe), minimal cooking, just assembly. Your kid finishes it, and the lunchbox comes home empty.

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Left: Sad bento. Right: Dad bento!

The whole idea

I made packing lunch almost too easy. 20% cooking, 80% assembly.

Eats it

Your kid actually finishes it

Every plan is built around what kids eat, not what photographs well. The lunchbox that used to come home full comes home empty.

Ten minutes

Ten minutes, (almost) no cooking

A short list and a method you assemble. If you can use a knife and a rice cooker, you are overqualified.

Twice a week

Two fresh plans a week

A new plan and short list lands twice a week, so the food is always fresh and your kid never gets bored. Prep a little, then mornings are pure assembly.

How it works

Three steps. That’s the whole job.

1

Two plans a week, in your inbox

A fresh bento plan and a shopping list, twice a week. The food stays fresh and your kid stays interested.

2

One shop, a little prep

One weekend trip covers the week. When each plan lands, you prep a few things. Normal store, normal ingredients, no specialty hunting.

3

Ten minutes a morning

You assemble, you don’t cook. The box closes in ten minutes and comes home empty.

Not ready to commit? Fair.

Start with the free Whitebelt Starter Kit.

Three bento recipes so easy I refuse to call them recipes. The panda rice ball, the octopus sausages, and one you don’t even turn the stove on for. Your email, my three easiest wins, your kid’s first empty lunchbox.

No spam, no daily “hey did you see my last email” nudges. The kit, then the good stuff.

Founding offer

DadBento Weekly

$9/mo, or $45 your first year
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No asterisks

Here’s the deal.

I send you two bento plans a week, short shopping lists, and a ten-minute assembly method. I do not pack the lunch. That part is still yours.

I am not going to turn you into a chef. You assemble, the plan does the thinking. That is the entire idea, and it is why it works even for people who burn water. That is exactly where I started.

No fine print

What’s actually guaranteed.

Refund

30 days

Money-back, no questions. Do one week. If it isn’t easier than whatever you do now, reply and I refund you.

Cancel

1 reply

One email ends it. No forms, no phone tree, no “are you sure” retention games.

Price

Locked

Your $9 never goes up, for as long as you stay subscribed. It rises only for people who join later.

Made in

Tokyo

Real Japanese bento, planned by a Tokyo dad who learned it the hard way so you don’t have to.

DadBento Facts
1 weekly planServes one bento whitebelt parent
Amount per plan
Cooking skills required0.5
Fresh plans a week
2
Shopping trips a week
1
Prep per morning
10 min
First recipe
On Tuesday
First full stomach
This week
Tiny octopus sausages
ASAP
Bento Whitebelt$9/mo
or $45 your first year

Two fresh plans a week. Cancel in one reply. 30-day guarantee.

Founding Whitebelt offer

A year of your kid’s lunch, handled. $45.

A full year of two-plans-a-week bento for $45. At the monthly rate that year runs $108. It’s less than two takeout dinners, for a year of not thinking about lunch.

What you get, either way
  • Two fresh bento plans every week, over 100 a year
  • Two short shopping lists a week, one trip covers both
  • The ten-minute assembly method, so mornings are just assembly
  • Bento Whitebelt status, so you lock the early rate and help shape what comes next
Two ways in
Monthly
$9 a month, locked for good. Cancel anytime.
The Whitebelt YearFounding pricing, save 58%
$45 for your first year, then $9 a month.
30-day guaranteeUse it for 30 days. If lunch isn’t easier than whatever you do now, I refund the whole thing. One reply, no forms. The risk is mine, not yours.

It’s $45 because you’re a Bento Whitebelt. First is worth something to me, so the first ones in get the year at a price I can’t run forever.

Get the Whitebelt Year, $45Or start monthly at $9

The Whitebelt Year, $45. Founding pricing, and it only exists because you got here early.

After your first year it’s the regular $9 a month. Cancel anytime in one reply, and the 30-day guarantee covers the year in full.

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Questions

Before you ask.

That is exactly who I built it for. I went from burning water to this, and the plan does the work, not your knife skills. If you own a rice cooker, you are set.

Right after you join, a welcome and your first bento plan arrives on Tuesday. Then two fresh plans every week after.

No. I send the plans, the lists, and the method. Packing it is still yours. Ten minutes, though.

Give it one week. If it is not easier and they are not eating it, reply to any email and I refund you. No forms.

Anytime. One reply. No blackbelt mind tricks.

Plans use common, swappable ingredients, so if something doesn’t work for your kid, swap it. For serious allergies, always read labels yourself, since you buy and assemble the food.

Still here? Lunch is already decided.
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Founding Whitebelt offer
A year of lunch,
starting this week.

$45 for your first year. Two fresh plans a week, your kid actually eats them, and if lunch isn’t easier in 30 days I refund the whole thing. Next week, lunch is handled.

Become a Bento WhitebeltOr start with the free Starter Kit