At this risk of going all “Susie Homemaker” on you, this site can be very time and budget friendly if you’ve got freezer space. onceamonthmeals.com is based on freezer cooking. Bascially, you dedicate one day a month for cooking. You create recipes for lunches and dinners – enough for two meals of however many servings you select – and freeze them. You pop them out of the freezer on the day you plan to eat them.
The cooking day truly does take a full day. And the shopping day can be pretty intense, too. But long term? It saves both money and time. The recipes are generally healthy, and you can choose your eating style: Weight loss, gluten/dairy-free, vegetarian, paleo, whole foods or traditional. There’s a $12/month subscription fee, but you will recoup that cost.
Love to do this. Makes lots of sense especially with a very busy schedule and it keeps you from spending too much on fas food.