Save for any unintentional sloshing that might occur during removal from the oven, each element of the meal is separate. Now, if you're some sort of communist, you can dump your meal in a bowl and mix the damn thing up. But for us Americans , we can eat the elements of our meal in the portions and order that we damn well see fit. In these modern times you can microwave a frozen meal in 3 minutes. You can have your Wolfgang Puck sundried tomato, pesto, squash, noodle dish ready in the time it takes to unwrap the foil from the corn section of an aluminum TV Dinner.
Sensory slavery seems a high price to pay for a speedy meal.