Hi,
chicken thighs and turkey thighs are pretty cheap.
Buy a couple pounds. Buy a pound or two of beans you like.
Lentils work well. Now get some veggies, a bag of carrots,
anything you like. Mix it up from week to week.
Now, make a stew with all the stuff you got.
That's your dinner for about a week.Keep it covered when in the fridge. Each night take out about a pound, then you can add different spices,
pour it over noodles, throw in some tomato paste .... or add a can of Campbell's cream soup.. all to add a little variety.
Here's the trick. Find a good bakery and get fresh bread every few days. Get real butter, preferably the real stuff you can't get in stores (my source dried up years ago, but maybe you are luckier)
What makes it work is good bread and real butter. I don't know why, but it does.
Have something different on the weekends.