We have been making our own meals and having good luck roughly following recipes from the book "The Back-Country Kitchen" by Teresa Marrone. Drying meat and vegetables in our convection oven works great. We make up the meals in bulk and freeze them until we need them. Probably over kill freezing them but for sure they won't go bad.
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abebooks.com I still like MH lasagna but our home made meals are generally better - haven't had a bad one yet and a couple have been flat out killer.
