Ace's; My neighbor is a volunteer with the Canadian Rangers and he gave me about a dozen of those meal packs. I've had the lasagna and some of the deserts(fruit/berry mixes)and they were good. I don't think you'd want them for backpacking unless you hiked into a base camp the first day.Way to bulky and heavy to haul around in your pack for more than a day. Lot's of trash to deal with as well should you actually take the whole package.

SC is right, you would do better in using a dehydrator and make up some of you own favorite dishes. Lighter and you know what you like at the end of the day.