So you're spending Thanksgiving downrange (again) and it's looking like instead of being home, surrounded by family, friends, liquor and an impressive spread, you'll be "camping" and dinner will be an MRE. Kind of samesies, right?

We know you'd rather be watching football with your dad and making fun of your creepy uncle in real time, but if you can't be home, bring home to you with our MRE Thanksgiving cooking hacks. That's right: We're taking boring to the next level of slightly less boring by combining some of your ingredients to give you 5 new MRE dishes in time for Thanksgiving. It kind of feels like cooking, right?

Pad Thai We know you are well aware that everything is better with sriracha. Douse your chicken, noodles and vegetables dish with as much of that godsend that you can handle and then stir in the surprise ingredient: warmed peanut butter. Sprinkle with some peanuts and it's almost like you're sitting in Thailand or at least somewhere in Chicago. (We said almost.)

Orange chicken We know the burrito bowl doesn't really even do the name justice. Take your orange powdered drink, mix it with the hot sauce and stir that concoction into your chicken and rice. We'll wait while your tastebuds rejoice at something different.

Crunchy wrap It's not quite Taco Bell and you might already be south of the border, but if you heat up your cheddar cheese spread and put it on a tortilla, top with crumbled cheddar crackers and then roll it all up into a little taquito situation, we promise you won't be mad. Let's be honest: you'd be eating that same thing at your bachelor pad back in the States if your leave wasn't approved to go home anyhow.

Chocolate apple pie No, we don't really know what this would look like, so here's the traditional all-American classic instead. We are using the term "pie" pretty loosely here, but if you take mocha cappuccino drink mix and add just a tiny bit of water and stir, it makes the consistency of frosting. Spread that bad boy on your spiced apple cake and you can practically feel the fall air around you. If by fall we mean July 132nd. Still delicious! And isn't it fun to pretend you're in a place with seasons?