What I did love was "Girl Scout Stew". We all contributed to the pot with veggie prep which was buried in hot coals and covered over the top with dirt, let cook for hours. It did burn some on the bottom, and by the time we could eat I was starving so that almost anything would taste good, but that stuff was delicious, the way the flavors blended together.
I did try to make that once in the oven, didn't even come close to what I remembered. And I don't like ground beef in much stuff except meat loaf, chili, and top-of-the-stove pasta quick fixers and spaghetti sauce.
The GS stew was celery, carrots, potatoes, onions, hamburger, canned tomatoes or juice, salt and pepper, nothing exotic.
Thanks for the memory. Just a pinch had a bunch of packet meals, new and different; some looked really worth trying.
Here are the packet meals that came in my inbox not too far back:
https://www.justapinch.com/blog/articles/read/192561/22-easy-and-delicious-foil-packet-recipes
The beef - believe soy sauce, Worchester, or Heinz Steak sauce was added when forming the shape. These were made more than once
Betty Crocker has some tasty foil packets found on her web site
https://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/preparation/grill-recipes/foil-packs
The Dijon Chicken and rice sounds tempting.
https://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/dijon-chicken-rice-and-garden-vegetable-foil-packs/7578e8e9-44de-45fc-9c3f-eec857f5fea0
Green Chili and Cheddar Burger (love cheddar cheese!)
https://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/green-chile-cheddar-burger-foil-packs/6d3f0544-8702-42b6-8424-ddcef8f23745
Honey Dijon Chicken and sweet potatoes.
https://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/oven-foil-pack-honey-dijon-chicken-and-sweet-potatoes/01d73e4d-263c-4f3f-894c-f7585499072c
She’s many different ideas shown Just like owning your own TV dinner mfg. company :-)
These caught my eye and taste buds.
Just a tip learned in the past several years. Tomato Juice in your beef stew: substitute spicy V8 instead. There is plenty of ZIP in that ! :-)