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Healthy Vegan School Lunch Ideas – BENTO BOX

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Liv B trades the sandwich baggie for a compartmentalized bento box just as the fall semester kicks off.

Plant-based cooking creator Olivia Biermann, who posts under the name Liv B, released “Healthy Vegan School Lunch Ideas (#3) BENTO BOX” in early September 2016, timing it to land right as students head back to class. The video is the third installment in her school-lunch series, and it leans on a compartmentalized bento box to solve the two biggest headaches of packing a dairy-free lunch: portioning and presentation. Rather than a single elaborate recipe, Biermann builds two full boxes around simple homemade dips paired with produce and finger foods that need no cooking at all.

• Box 1 is built around a blender-made cashew cheese dip using 3/4 cup cashews, 3/4 cup water, 6 tablespoons nutritional yeast, 2 teaspoons cumin, and 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder.
• Box 2 features a sweet coconut cream made by skimming the solid cream off the top of a can of coconut milk and whisking it with 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 1 teaspoon pure maple syrup.
• Biermann notes that most components in both boxes skip exact measurements on purpose, so families can scale portions up or down based on appetite.

Benefits of Bento for Vegan Lunches

The appeal of a compartmentalized box isn’t aesthetic alone — it lets Biermann separate a wet dip from dry snacks and produce without everything turning soggy by lunchtime. That structure is what makes a fully vegan lunch practical for a kid who might otherwise balk at anything that looks like a “salad.” Biermann frames the whole format as grab-and-go: nothing in either box requires a stove, and both dips can be made in a blender or food processor the night before.

Box 1: Cashew Cheese Dip

The first box centers on a savory cashew cheese built from 3/4 cup cashews, 3/4 cup water, 6 tablespoons nutritional yeast, 2 teaspoons cumin, 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder, and salt and pepper to taste. Biermann specifies that the cashews need an overnight soak only if a standard food processor is being used instead of a high-speed blender — a detail aimed squarely at families without a Vitamix on the counter. Once blended smooth, the dip is designed to pair with crackers, vegetables, or whatever finger foods fill the rest of the compartment.

Most of these lunch ideas skip exact measurements on purpose — sub it, add it, or leave it out depending on what your kid will actually eat.

Box 2: Sweet Coconut Cream

The second box flips savory for sweet. Biermann skims the thickened cream off the top of a chilled can of coconut milk, then whisks in 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 1 teaspoon pure maple syrup to make a dessert-style dip. It’s positioned as the sweet counterpart to the cashew cheese — something to pair with fruit slices for a bento box that covers both a savory and a sweet compartment without touching dairy.

Keeping the Rest of the Box Flexible

Beyond the two named dips, Biermann keeps the surrounding produce and snacks loose by design, encouraging viewers to swap in whatever fruits, vegetables, or crunchy extras are already in the kitchen. That flexibility is the throughline of the whole series — it’s less a fixed recipe than a template for turning an everyday eating routine into something that survives a locker for a few hours and still looks appetizing when the box gets opened at noon.

This is the third bento-style lunch video in Biermann’s back-to-school lineup, and the format has stayed consistent across all three: two dips, a handful of easy add-ins, and a compartmentalized box doing the heavy lifting instead of a recipe with a dozen steps.