Learning to stock my kitchen with things that can be eaten as-is or microwaved changed my life.
e: I want to share this "recipe" I have for frozen meal prep that's massively improved my diet. I take ten tupperwares (0.8L, but it doesn't matter) and roughly portion out:
- crushed tomatoes with herbs
- kidney and black beans
- lentils
- mushrooms
- broccoli
- spinach
- fish scraps
- barbecue sauce
- salt
Everything's in a box or frozen without me needing to do anything except rinse the beans, which kind of sucks, but I manage somehow.
I get the fish scraps free from a restaurant because they're trash, and they cook in the microwave. I recommend replacing them with a vegan protein like tofu or seitan if you can. If you use meat you're going to have to cook and separate it.