Pull the bacon out of the package, cut slices in half, then make square foil packets with the bacon inside. Heat the packets over your stove for minute to get crispy bacon - ready for breakfast burritos or bacon sandwiches! The packets keep without refrigeration for at least a few days - a week or more if you keep everything sanitary. Now if I can just figure out how to get the bacon crispy without the foil. Maybe use a wood skewer?

Fast Mac & Cheese tip: Precook and dehydrate macaroni. Four hours before dinner, pour cold water into bag with macaroni. Drain, add 1/2 cup boiling water, wait for a minute, drain again, then prepare according to box (or premix the dry sauce, 1/4 cup worth of powdered milk, adding 1/4 cup boiling water on trail and two of the Colonel's (KFC) butter packets). This makes M&C in under 5 minutes from lighting the stove to grubbing.