These are a few things that make life easier. Make up a big batch of rice, boil a batch of pasta like penne/spaghetti, make a pot of mashed potatoes. Put in refrigerator.
Buy a giant family pack of boneless chicken breasts and poach them in boiling water. Shred half of them, vacuum seal in meal size pouches and freeze.
Buy a chuck roast, put in crockpot with some beef broth and cook till it is tender. Let it cool, shred it up. Package it into meal size portions.
Buy a giant family package of hamburger, cook it up with onions. Once cooked up you can drain it, package into individual meals size portions.
Buy a few small ham steaks that are already vacuum packed. Be aware of expiration dates.
Buy some frozen broccoli, florets, mixed frozen veggies, peas or whatever you like.
Buy some marinara sauce or make your own. Freeze into pouches, SEAL do not vacuum, get out as much air as possible.
Buy some Alfredo sauce in jars.
Buy some shredded cheddar cheese.
Buy a couple taco kits.
Buy kidney beans, black beans and corn in cans.
Buy a couple of taco seasoning packets.
Buy some jarred beef gravy.
Buy sour cream.
Buy Rotel diced tomatoes.
Buy frozen sliced peppers.
Buy Pesto sauce.
Now you can have:
Chuck roast, gravy, potatoes and peas.
Beef taco's with black beans, cheese, sour cream on top.
Chicken, rice and broccoli, pesto.
Rice, kidney beans, corn, Rotel tomatoes, taco seasoning packet with or without ground beef.
Penne, chopped ham in squares, alfredo sauce.
Penne, ground beef, marinara sauce, frozen peppers.
Chicken breast sliced on a sandwich with mayo, lettuce and tomato.
Most pasta freezes well, I have had good luck with spaghetti. Rice freezes great and so do mashed potatoes.
Costco has canned roast beef, canned salmon and canned chunk white chicken meat. It is nice ot have on hand for when you are scratching your head on what to have for dinner. Roast beef is just like a home cooked chuck roast.