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or sauce and fry for about one minute. Add your protein and brown it - but not in the case of fish. Add some veggies. Add water and salt. Simmer until done. Watch that it doesn't burn. Eat half and freeze the other half for another day. Only one pot to wash!
There are endless combinations that you can try, depending on your taste and knowledge of herbs and spices. For example, onion, ground cumin and ground coriander, chicken, peas. Or onion, garlic, oyster sauce, ground beef, water without salt, chopped mushrooms.

Soup and stew are life savers. Make the whole recipe and freeze what you do not eat. Often you will be too tired/frustrated/in a hurry to cook a real meal and then you can whip out the frozen soup or stew and have your real meal in no time. Nothing prevents you from adding something extra as you warm it up, either!

Special meal
Have a special meal once a week where you make yourself a starter, entre and dessert. Plan it and ensure that you have the ingredients. It does not have to be fancy, but the ritual of making it and eating it a the table sitting down, with serviette and your best cutlery, will make the meal and the fact that you are eating it alone special. It also hones your cooking skills and forces you to appreciate you own food!
A simple and easy summer menu could be: Avocado sliced on lettuce and sprinkled with lemon juice as a starter. Arrange it artistically! Fish poached in the oven with cream and sundried tomatoes, with rice as entre. A big bowl of real dairy ice cream with two wafers for dessert. Easy, luxurious, and you deserve it!

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