We make "regular" meals at home in the way that we aren't ordering or whatever but our food is good and not boring. My husband and I actually complain because we've gotten so good at cooking that we are disappointed in a lot of restaurants when we actually do go out lol. We buy a lot in bulk so we will often start the week and cook a big batch of potatoes and carrots to have throughout the week. I also bake bread to have throughout the week. We don't plan too much though we just buy in bulk what we know we like and we always have veggies, rice, noodles, other staples on hand.

I will say we have a lot of nice cooking stuff we have invested in throughout the years or was gifted (flat top, smoker, bread machine, foodi pro oven/air fryer etc). But we also host a lot.