One of the best ways that we've found to prepare food is with a pressure cooker. You can buy a used Instant Pot for like $40 and cook a whole chicken in it in like 30 minutes. Then you can make chicken sandwiches and cut up some romaine lettuce and use a little low fat dressing, and you've got a really nice lunch. The chicken lasts for days. I like to put those spicy bell pepper rings on my sandwich. I don't even use cheese - don't even miss it.