Research from the Food Foundation shows that healthy packed lunches are on average 45 per cent more expensive for parents and carers to put together than similar but less nutritious meals.

The nutritional shortcomings of school lunches have been a matter of national debate for decades — but the focus has been on what schools serve, not on what moms and dads pack in the lunch bags.

You can turn a daily packed lunch into a nutritious, tasty, and more sustainable meal. karandaev / Getty Images Packing school lunch every weekday may not be everyone's favorite task, but one ...

Here are some of our tips to help you pack healthy lunches on a budget without sacrificing quality or variety. The key to ...

Whether it's off to school or work, millions of Americans carry "bag" lunches. Food brought from home can be kept safe if it is first handled and cooked properly. Then, perishable food must be kept ...

With just a few tweaks and a smidgen of planning, you can pack lunches that come home eaten. By Kevin Noble Maillard When it comes to making lunch for her five boys, reality and aspiration diverge ...

And, of course, pack cold foods to stay cold and hot foods to stay hot. Ms. Saunier recommends tucking cold foods into an insulated lunch bag with two (yes, two) ice packs. Frozen water bottles ...