Cookbook contains a generous selection of dishes for making bentos. The "effortless" part refers to recommendations on how to freeze/refrigerate and rewarm items in order to provide variety. Ingredients used are heavily Japanese and so a lot of these dishes are not easily accessible where I am in America. Uses both Imperial and metric measurements.

Recipes tried:
Chicken gratin- very good, will be repeating this one.
Marmelade chicken- good
Curried chicken wings-- very good, would be fun appetizer for a party.
Vinegar pork- too much trouble for a dry, tasteless result
Yellow pepper kinpira- good
kabocha purses- good
carrot salad- not to my taste

So somewhat of a mixed bag in my opinion. I plan to move on to the pickled veggies and tea-infused apricots but for now I am giving this one 3 stars. ( )