After eating many various freeze dried meals, I've decided that I can find many food items that only require boiling water at the grocery store. Mac & Cheese, Oatmeal, Pasta, Soups etc. and I tend to carry these items as staples. When I'm on the road I try and find things to enhance these foods like tuna in the mac and cheese for example (it's awesome). And another bonus feature of buying these dry items is that they can be repackaged to lessen the amount of trash from individual packaging. In any case, I prefer to eat this way than expensive dehydrated pre packaged foods and it still tastes good and I don't have to be Emril.