Meal kit and cooking tray

A meal kit for microwave cooking of a multi-component food product, the kit comprising:

• a first sealed package containing a volume of a liquid component of the multi-component food product;
• a second sealed package containing a volume of a solid component of the multi-component food product;
• a cooking tray formed of a microwave-safe material having a bottom wall with an upstanding sidewall extending around the periphery thereof to define an interior of the cooking tray, the interior of the cooking tray being sized greater than the combined volume of the liquid and solid components of the multi-component food product;
• outer packaging for containing the first sealed package, the second sealed package and the cooking tray;
• wherein the cooking tray has an outwardly extending rim extending around the periphery of the upstanding sidewall from an edge thereof opposite the bottom wall;
• wherein the rim includes a pair of tabs on opposing sides of the rim that project radially outward therefrom;
• wherein the outer packaging has a slot through which one of the tabs can project to generally secure the cooking tray relative to the outer packaging;
• wherein a pair of meal kits are provided, the pair of meal kits being arranged such that their tabs are aligned and a pair of the aligned tabs project through the slot;
• wherein the outer packaging comprises:
• a front panel;
• a back panel;
• and
• a pair of side panels, each of the side panels being connected to opposing side edges of the front and back panels to form a sleeve having an open bottom and an open top, the slot being formed in one of the side panels.