While this isn’t a “normal” recipe or food review post, I still thought I’d share because this is a game-changer!

I ordered something called “Itaki Box” (the “pro” version) after seeing a video of it on Facebook.  Instead of just a lunchbox that “warms” your food, it COOKS your food, is tiny and portable, and as long as there is an outlet, you can use it!

Naturally, when I saw it, I was so interested and did some research on it (there’s not much reviews on it yet though).  Regardless, I bought my fiance and I one since he is always on the job, and even if he is not at his work building, he can still have a fresh and hot lunch (since a lot of his work vans have an outlet in it, or at least a converter outlet).

As soon as it came in the mail, I tried it out.  I put in some uncooked white rice in the bottom compartment, and on the top compartment I put in raw bok choy, shrimp, and a piece of sausage.  There really were no “recipes” or detailed “instructions” that came with the box, so I kind of just guessed.  I estimated the amount of water I put in my rice compartment, and I measured out 6 servings of water (using the measuring cup it comes with) and put it in the lunchbox.

Here’s what the lunchbox looks like.  I ordered the color blue for myself.  It’s so cute and Japanese looking! 🙂  Also, it’s very light/portable and even comes with a cute bag too!

After turning on the power button, I let the Itaki Box do it’s thing.  The instruction manual stated that the button turns off when all the water is gone.  However, after an hour of cooking and realizing maybe I put too much water in, I turned it off and opened the Itaki Box to see if my food was done.

My shrimp and sausage was nicely steamed/cooked, and my bok choy came out perfect 🙂

I was surprised to see that the rice also came out perfect as well!

My first attempt was pretty successful and I was impressed.

**The next day at work, I put in a can of chili in the main compartment and put some rice in the smaller top compartment and it worked out perfectly as well.

Overall, I’m super satisfied with this, and it allows me to eat a hot and fresh meal at work without using the microwave.  I read that the Itaki Box is also good for cooking soups, pasta, steamed eggs, porridge…etc.

I’ll be sure to post some other things I end up cooking in my Itaki Box, but if you are interested in buying it, you can go here to order it.

**This review is strictly based off of my own opinion and not meant to be an advertisement, marketing partnership or any type of affiliation with this company.  I have not been compensated in any way in exchange for this review.