The Best MREs Chicken fajita Unlike most MREs, which feel like an entree with a bunch of random sides thrown into the mix, the fajita is actually a meal.

The standard Meal, Ready to Eat is far from a delicacy, and even the best options need a hefty dose of hot sauce to create a mixture that even somewhat resembles a meal. But believe it or not, all ...

The best part of the MRE, in my opinion, was the dessert: carrot cake pound cake and Skittles. The cake was moist (I was shocked), full of flavor and the perfect amount of sweet after a meal that ...

MRE (Meals Ready to Eat) are self-contained military combat rations provided to soldiers to use when in combat or other field conditions where organized food facilities are not available. And they ...

There are 24 different varieties of meals, based on the MRE's entree -- among them, Chicken With Salsa and Mexican Rice, Roast Beef With Vegetables, and Cajun Rice, Beans and Sausage.

But like it says on the MRE, "Warfighters have unique nutritional requirements compared to the general public." Rations are for those operating in a combat environment.

MREs, or Meal, Ready-to-Eat, were first issued in 1981. They replaced the MCI or Meal, Combat, Individual that soldiers had been using since 1958. The MCI itself replaced the earlier C-Rations.

MRE heating technology making hot meals possible for U.S. troups in Iraq and around the world was developed by researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology. RIT is now developing similar ...

Four. That is the current number of Meals-Ready-to-Eat the military offers vegetarian service members. And while the military can technically support in-theater dietary needs of service members ...

The best part of the MRE, in my opinion, was the dessert: carrot cake pound cake and Skittles. The cake was moist (I was shocked), full of flavor and the perfect amount of sweet after a meal that ...