I'm plant based and hubs is a meat eater so I have to prep and plan ahead or I'd go nuts. I really don't enjoy cooking anymore. I just want fast and easy these days.
What helps me is to batch cook rice and freeze it so it is easy and fast to thaw/heat up.
I steam a big pot of baby potatoes and stick them in the fridge for the week, then microwave them to warm up at dinner time.
I chop up veggies and put them in the fridge so they are ready to add to salads and stirfrys.
One pot meals, whether in the instapot or the crockpot save time and cleanup. Or one sheet pan meals baked in the oven with chopped veggies, chicken, potatoes with oil spritzed overtop and sprinkled with spices, that is an easy meal. If there are leftover meat/veggies ,the next night they can be warmed up, over rice, top with cheese or a sauce (I make a sweet hummus drizzle).
One night a week is tomato soup and grilled cheese night. That's easy.
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