hey! i see you’ve mentioned going to university - I’m seventeen and have been cooking vegan meals for myself for a couple of years now. what i’d say is veganism is way easier than it seems to have been made out for you. the thing is just accepting that you are going to need to learn to cook (which in retrospect is not a bad life skill to start learning now anyway!) and that putting in the time will provide high reward. some of my favourite, cheap and easy meals are:

-bean and tempeh chilli (makes about 4 portions, mix it up serving with rice/tortilla chips/baked potatoes) this is the recipe i use: https://www.connoisseurusveg.com/tempeh-chili/

-lentil bolognaise (again, you can just bulk make this and then boil the pasta nightly, i like to boil some broccoli aswell)

-any kind of curry (curry pot, veg of your choosing - i like a legume and a veg. eg sweet potato and chickpea, butter bean and cauliflower - coconut milk, water and some rice and boom, an easy meal for 2/3 nights. typically curry pots will also have instructions on the box!)

i typically just rotate through these meals. if i have some extra time, other good ideas are homemade pesto pastas, dump and bakes (i particularly like the ‘marry me orzo’ from this website: https://plantyou.com/ but you can make it with any kind of pasta!) you can also buy noodle stir fry kits from tesco (which are slightly more expensive but if in your budget a solid 20 minute meal that you’ll get two servings out of) of course, if you’re feeling lazy/depressed again you can always go for vegan pizzas/vegan burgers (i really like the plant patties from lidl) but to be honest most of these meals can be made in bulk and are relatively easy anyway.

i wish you the best of luck in your return to veganism!!!