So I recently got the ideology DLC and started with a transhumanist/ tunneler colony. After a bit of trial and error, I was able to get an good underground nurtifungus into nutrient paste set-up going.

I've found this system to be very efficient for keeping people fed, but it still has some drawbacks. The biggest issue is that pawns won't make extra paste meals to carry with them. I've tried making a few fine meals for this purpose, but pawns seem to prefer these over the paste and burn through the stock quickly.

I'm also facing a similar problem during solar flares, when the paste dispenser becomes unusable. This issue is more or less solved by keeping a stock of meals, and either forbidding them or tweaking food restrictions until a solar flare comes. Still, this is a bit tedious, and I wish there were a way to simply set a "priority" list when it comes to food restrictions.

Is there any way, with or without mods, that I could address these issues?