Meatloaf and Macaroni or Potatoes or...

Meatloaf is another one you can make easily that is easy and filling and you can freeze or store all the ingredients for a long time.

A bag of chopped onions, which are a dollar one sweet onion, which is also about a dollar
Worcestershire sauce
Tomato paste (I buy the little packets, a jar or a can is cheaper though, but you don't need much)
1 pound of ground beef
1 pound of ground pork, or turkey
2 eggs
1 bottle of a spicy ketchup.  I am a fan of one that is called "Buffalo Ketchup" and also a jalapeno one
Bread crumbs, I do gluten free
Spices to your taste. I like Montreal Steak Seasoning for meat loaf.

Preheat oven to 350 or so.
Line a pan with foil, like your little turkey pan or roaster, if you don't have one, you can use an aluminum pan from the store or a cookie sheet.  Investing in pans is not that big of a deal if you have Goodwill :)
Saute onions in olive oil, add your Worcestershire sauce and tomato paste or even some of the ketchup until it looks like the onions are fully cooked.  Let that cool.  I put the whole pan in the freezer or out on my balcony in the winter time.
Mix with hands, two beaten eggs, bread crumbs, meat and spices, add the cooled onion tomato mixture.  Form a loaf that is not thicker in the middle in your foiled pan and cover in ketchup.  Let it bake about an hour.
You can add potatoes to make mashed potatoes, potato wedges, whatever in the oven at the same time.  White potatoes take about an hour to bake, sweet ones do not, but they smell sweet when they are done, so that should help you.
I also will make veggie pasta to serve as a bed for the meat loaf --it's tasty and the grease from the meat loaf absorbs into it.  The  veggie pastas are much more resilient and "harder". You can add a little grated cheese to it, and once it's all microwaved at lunch time or dinner time at work, it's all delicious together.  You can also add any type of green veggie, even just frozen, in with the macaroni.  I like the little leaf ball, called Brussel sprouts with this one!

This soup is easy and tasty and great for people who don't have time to shop all the time, (the veggies can all be frozen or last a long time, like the cabbage) and is filling and substantial for someone that works a more physical type of job.  Also, it not bad for any meal of the day--I have eaten this for breakfast, lunch, dinner and a late night snack.

Let's try not to get too emotional about working smart and not hard--so this recipe will be given using all prepared foods, but if you want to make your own stock and beef, easy enough to do, especially if you have a crock pot.

Onion, I like a big sweet one
Celery to taste
Seasonings to your liking
Carton of beef stock--you will only need about half of it~
Two cans of chopped tomatoes, maybe one with chilis, like a Rotel
One pound of ground beef
A squash or a bag of frozen zoodles, frozen butternut, frozen yellow and zuchini
Mushrooms--mushrooms can be sliced and frozen and they also last a long time in the frig
A bag of cole slaw or cabbage and carrots all chopped and ready to go
A bag of cooked wild rice (wild rice is a lot of work at high altitude, ain't nobody got time for that!)

Saute your beef with the onions and celery, add whatever seasonings you like.  I like a mix of onion, garlic, celery seed, pepper, salt, and maybe a little heat like cayenne or red pepper flakes. 
Add in squash if it is one you bought and chopped, if frozen, you can wait, also add mushrooms in the softer veggie stage here.
Next add in your tomatoes and let it simmer for 10 minutes or so.  Then you can add in the cabbage and the frozen squash if you have it, and let it simmer until both are cooked to your liking. Throw in that bag of wild rice too.

This is so delicious and easy, and can easily be modified with starchier veggies too, like potatoes or turnips.