Any canned "main course" food really sounds foul and probably tastes no better. Most are loaded with salt.

As described in a previous post, it's not that difficult or time-consuming to prepare much better and healthier meals even for someone that doesn't cook regularly. Many dishes, like chili, are suitable for freezing. Others, such as stew, don't do well frozen because potatoes will lose texture.

With one of the very small crock pots available today, a two-serving quantity of beef stew can be made easily with a minimal amount of ingredients and no waste. Aside from several hours cooking time in the crock pot, the time required for slicing vegetables and trimming /browning meat is probably no more than about fifteen to twenty minutes.