Learn how to pack a nutritious, healthy lunch for your child for less than one dollar! Where to find the best prices on Peanut Butter and Jelly, Nutrigrain bars & juice

With food prices going up at an alarming rate, how do you save money on groceries and still pack your child a nutritious lunch? Following is a menu that will cost you less than one dollar to prepare, and leave your kids happy and full!

Main Course that is Inexpensive, Healthy and Tasty:

Peanut Butter and Jelly on light wheat bread. Here's the breakdown:

• (2) 40 ounce jars of Jiff Creamy Peanut Butter $7.47--Sam’s Club. At 70 servings per container, peanut butter will cost you 5 cents for one lunch.
• (2) 32 ounce jars of Knottsberry Farm Grape Jelly $2.68--Sam’s Club. At 32 servings per container, jelly will cost you 4 cents for one lunch.
• 2 loaves of Wonder Light Wheat Bread $2.49--Bakery Outlets. At 18 slices of bread per loaf, the two pieces of bread you’ll need for one lunch comes to 12 cents.

Side Item #1 is Low Fat, Nutritious and Low Cost:

• 48 Nutrigrain bars (assorted flavors) $10.48—Sam’s Club. The price of a Nutrigrain bar for one lunch comes to 21 cents.

Side Item #2 Will not Break the Bank but Will Satisfy Your Kids:

• 1 Box of Mrs. Cubbison’s honey graham crackers with 0 transfat $1.69--Bakery Outlets. If you put four crackers in this lunch it will cost you 9 cents.

Drink That is Thirst Quenching and also Stretches Your Dollar:

• Country Time Lemonade On The go Packets (Pack of six 10 count boxes) $19.88--Amazon Groceries.(Eligible for free super saver shipping) This will cost you 33 cents per lunch. If you subscribe to automatic re-orders you can buy this for $16.90 including shipping.

The Math:

Peanut butter and jelly sandwich $.21

Nutrigrain Bar $.21

Four honey graham crackers $.09

Lemonade $.33

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Total cost of the lunch $.84

84 cents for a kid’s lunch? Not bad when you consider the high cost of food these days. If you want to save even more, ditch the paper bags for a lunch box and thermos. You’ll help the environment and save money. Try to find old lunch boxes from the 1970s at thrift and consignment stores. Your kids will get a kick out of taking their lunch in the same type of container you used to carry. Also check discount stores for lunch boxes around October; before Christmas and after the back-to-school rush. You won’t find a huge selection but you’ll save money. You can even send your kids with hot lunches if you buy an insulated lunch bag made from water-proof nylon. You can keep soup or stew in a thermos.

If this inspires you to take your own lunch to work, you can save almost as much, and you don’t have to bring peanut butter and jelly! Even if you take gourmet food with you to the office everyday, you’ll still save by not eating at restaurants constantly.

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