ReadyWiseEmergency Food Supply - 18 Servings Favorites Box, Survival Food Kit with Freeze Dried Prepper Food & Dehydrated Meals, Camping Essentials for Backpacking & Hiking, up to 25 Year Shelf Life

I'm really grateful for these vegetarian options, and the nice convenient box. We got two boxes to supplement other food storage. I did try one packet (Vegetable Rotini) while hiking with my spouse. One package (4 servings) is good for one meal for 2 people, if you have an additional side (we had a bunch of crackers). It's not a dinner for 4 by any means, but I didn't expect it to be. We enjoyed it though, easy to make and tasted good. Basically expect this box to be 8 meals, or 16 side dishes.When I purchased the price was about $18. That was a good reasonable deal. It appears the price has gone up dramatically, and it's NOT worth $30 like they're charging now.

I'm used to eating Military MREs and bad ex-wife food. While I wouldn't regard this as restaurant quality food, for something that's portable and has an extended shelf life with easy prep it's actually pretty good. The biggest challenge with "emergency food" is how easy is it to prepare and do you actually want to eat it when it's ready? This was easy to make and although we preferred some of the selections to others, everyone agreed they would be willing to eat it again. A couple of these could be made as a "side dish" for a meal and most people wouldn't notice a difference between it and "regular" grocery store food.

Bought several containers through Costco (better price than ANYWHERE), but in regards to the sample pack, it was better than I expected. The cook times and amount of water is completely different than the instructions say, however because it's really just a trial and error with water. It was easy enough to cook a little longer to soften the noodles, or steam off some of the excess water, or add some extra water to get the right consistency. The flavors themselves were better than I expected. Interestingly enough, I don't recommend trying to add anything, spice-wise, to doctor it up. I tried with just a little bit of salt and pepper and it didn't enhance it nor mix well. It gave it a bit of a funky flavor. So, it pretty much is "you get what you get." Still, it's not bad, and if you're looking for true long term storage and survival food for the "Red Dawn," no need to be picky.

I've had the chicken teriyaki rice, lasagna, and stroganoff. So far every single one smells like dried puke when rehydrated and heated. Taste is alright, but needed some aromatics like Italian seasoning, sesame, bbq, and hot sauce to make the meal more palatable. It's fine as easy meal or for emergencies since the packets of food are still "good" 5yrs later. One 4 serving pack can feed you the entire day or two days if you divide it in half for one meal a day with additional protein.

As a prepper, I am glad I have it for my hurricane supplies

Meals are great for freeze dried food. I let them sit longer than directions to make sure noodles are soft. For the price you get your moneys worth

It probably has more sodium than I would like but then again salt is probably part of the preservative that keeps it lasting so long. I bought it to use for travel in case I wanted to eat in the motel room and not go out and have something fast and easy. It does okay for that but I have found out along the way that freeze dried reconstitutes better than foods that you have to boil in water especially when you only have a microwave to use to heat it up this is more in the dehydrated category but I can get it to work well enough. I wish there were more instructions on how to make just a one person serving out of it.

Love to have this for my go bags the only reason I left one star off is I believed it to be smaller bags maybe I read wrong I didn't expect it to be 3 big bags of 6 servings. The packaging is wonderful no tears the box was nice and sturdy. Will buy again