Thanks for the replies thus far. To carify a few things. fat and cholesterol are not the only reasons I "do not eat meat" ther are so many other "bad" things about them. BUt I just can't help myself. I usd to be a strict vegitarion but that al ended a few years back...long story.

But I am glad to know that very little meat is used in the meat dishes. I will check the packaging next time.

Yes my religon plays into what I eat. Basically no pork pruducts, no fish with out scales and fins...that sort of thing.

I would have to buy ten packets of one meal of intertia food to fill me up. There porportions are super small, I find. But I will agree they seem to be more natural and taste better. Mountain House is about the only thing I can buy because of how less expensive it is at WINCO. I still have to augment other things with it though but that is a given in any meal situation.