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When I'm well enough to manage it, I generally do four meals per day. I also snack regularly, and love fresh fruits and vegetables for the purpose. Celery with a good dip is cheating so hard it's almost criminal. Celery is almost entirely water and what isn't water is calcium and vitamin A. It contains a bit more sodium than you might otherwise want, but if you're cutting any amount of fast food out of you're diet you're still looking at a net loss; fast food is ridiculously high in sodium because of all the salt they use. A low fat or non-fat dip doesn't have a whole lot of calories either, so you can basically munch the stuff at will without worrying about mucking anything up.
A lot of very good advice has been given here in my absence, so I'm going to abandon my plan of working through meal plans and such. I will say this, though: learn to cook. It's fun and interesting and chicks like guys who can cook. It also makes you much more aware of what you're eating, since you're the one preparing it. If that's not enough motivation, I find that there's a thrill involved in taking a bunch of raw ingredients and turning them into something that looks and tastes delicious. The first time I managed stuffed peppers I was absolutely over the moon.
Ground beef is not the worst thing in the world. It's not great, but it's cheap and easy and better than a lot of alternatives. Try to get lean ground beef, or better yet, ground turkey, when you can.
And all of this only addresses one half of the healthy living equation. Eating right is good and important, but a proper exercise regimen is also good, especially given your stated goals. You say you want to gain weight, but what I hear is that you want to gain healthy weight; to do that, you need to have a good diet and you need to exercise regularly. A good strength training regimen will do wonders, as long as your body is getting all of the necessary fuel. Cardio is important because growing muscles need blood and for that you need a strong heart.
For most people these are Major Lifestyle Changes. It looks like you're excited about this, and that's good. At first it's going to be easy, then it's going to get hard. Then eventually it'll be easy again.
Good luck.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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