Not OP but baked chicken, slow cooked pork shoulder and rice or another grain probably takes about 15 minutes of active work (cook time obviously is longer). Throw some corn or green with that combo and you've got a pretty healthy and balanced set of meals. Make larger portions, buy some re-usable takeout trays and you're on your meal prep jouney. The biggest annoyance with meal prepping is redundancy in your meals but if you're okay with repetition you'll be fine.
I personally air on the side of making large portion of a meat, say chicken, and just making different variations with that pre-cooked meat through out the week. Shouldn't take more than 10 minutes a night with pre-cooked chicken to do something like chicken and pasta, chicken quesadilla, chicken salad, chicken on top of salad, chicken sandwich etc. Unless you're making a multi dish or complicated meal cooking really doesn't take that long.
Last thing, I love doing sous vide and it takes actual prep time down a lot. I'll throw a steak in when I go to work, turn it on while I'm not home and it will be done when I get back; sear it for a minute and it is good to go.
I personally air on the side of making large portion of a meat, say chicken, and just making different variations with that pre-cooked meat through out the week. Shouldn't take more than 10 minutes a night with pre-cooked chicken to do something like chicken and pasta, chicken quesadilla, chicken salad, chicken on top of salad, chicken sandwich etc. Unless you're making a multi dish or complicated meal cooking really doesn't take that long.
Last thing, I love doing sous vide and it takes actual prep time down a lot. I'll throw a steak in when I go to work, turn it on while I'm not home and it will be done when I get back; sear it for a minute and it is good to go.