Every soldier in the field docters up MRE’s and makes new creations of them, so I had this idea for the MRE cookbook.
Alas, It’s already been done.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1567177/posts
My favorite MRE mix was strawberries, the coffee cream, sugar, and water. Go light on the water and you can make a strawberry milkshake. I buy a weeks worth of MREs just to have around in a time of need.
They are expensive at surplus stores, but worth every penny when you need them.