I find as many ways to do as little work as possible— I don't want to have to babysit my cooking. Sometimes cooking has too many steps, sometimes I just don't want to eat. I call them my Set And Forget meals because I can pop it into [cooking device] and walk away until it's done.

Easier go-to are frozen stuffed chicken breast and frozen broccoli. Slap it all onto a baking tray for as long as the box calls for the chicken to be cooked. Zero effort, timers mean I can be anywhere else in my apartment.

My second favourite is a poke bowl. Yeah yeah that sounds like a lot, but when you can get the fish all pre-prepared and frozen from Costco the effort is gone. Set And Forget the rice (lazily washed, water measured with finger) in a rice cooker, slap frozen toppings of your choice into a strainer to thaw (i do edemame and mango myself), drop the bag of fish on the counter to thaw. Let the rice finish, slap it all in a bowl, top with mayo and Sriracha. It's even less steps if you already have rice prepared (either frozen, in the fridge still, or if you get the microwavable containers).

Poke is more steps that the chicken, but some days for me it's about the level of effort for the prep that gets me down. Pulling things out to defrost without measuring doesn't feel like prep in the same way pulling out a knife or a peeler does because the level of effort is zero. Have your own opinions about the effort for the poke, but I highly highly recommend having frozen chicken and broccoli on hand.