I'm a big fan of the Moutain House foods. Just have to invest a little time and money into finding the ones you like to eat.

I also tend to take a 2 person helping and split it into two vacuum packed bags. A little boiling water and you are good to go.

I like these also, there are about 6 varieties. They are similar in consistency to things like the Mainstay rations and other lifeboat style rations I've tried, but, they are individually wrapped. They are shipped in some of the MRE's I've bought from Long Life Foods at times, but, I've been buying them separately now for a while.

I keep them in our car kits, and usually have a few in any daypack/backpack I'm hiking with. Problem is, as you noted, they actually taste ok, so my son and his buddies eat them like snacks sometimes... I went to rotate the ones in my truck a couple weeks ago, and found out that they were all consumed following a lacrosse game at some point. It was my fault, I was informed, because I hadn't brought pizza to the field for after the game

I guess I'm trained to know it's my fault anyway after 20+ years of marriage...