Cooking is not that hard.

Go get some beef shanks, should be uber cheap, or just anything super cheap that's beef.

Buy a potato and onion, you can also add carrots and celery and parsley if you have the money.

Brown the beef, add the onion cook until translucent, then add water, cook down for long time until falls apart, then add vegetables right before falls apart.

That's it. You have something WAY healthier and probably way cheaper than chunky soup. Plus should taste WAY better.

You can freeze extras.