I used to do stir fry, and grilled salmon, spaghetti, pasta salads, and then started a small business and immolated all my spare time. Throwing a head of lettuce in a bowl became the meal, and then frozen pizza, frozen veggies, etc. Our work days also rarely converged. It was a disaster for getting together and eating and just getting and keeping in touch. I envied a couple that cooks together at night because it makes it fun, and sustaining. Now things are going to get a lot more complicated for a bit, but now that I’m retired, I do the honey-do lists and ride, and often am riding as she gets home, which she takes personally at times. shrug The Call Of Factor was strong here. Hmm… People have suggested doing ‘components’ of a meal, and pulling it out of the fridge and making different things with it, but that’s complicated too. (A friend of hers hired a cook to come in 2 nights a week to cook for her and her husband and 4 kids. (I’d cook the kids, but…) and it works, but was costly, obviously)
There are tradeoffs for everything, but the Factor meals seem to have too many for me/us.