Have you considered cooking simpler dishes that require far less work?

Here's a simple one:

• Brown one 1lbs of ground beef (takes about 10 minutes) in a skillet
• pour off the excess liquid fat (not down the drain of your sink. Put it in a container and throw it in the trash if you don't plan to use it for another recipe_
• Add 3/4 cup of water to the meat in the skillet
• one pouch of this:

Stir the contents of the pan on and off for about 2 minutes.

You now have a 1lbs of taco meat.

Empty a bag of lettuce into a bowl. Scoop out the taco meat and put it on the lettuce.

Sprinkle cheddar cheese on top of it.

You've got taco salad and it took you a bit less than 15 minutes.