> We both have full time jobs and can only cook “real meal” in the weekend now that WFH ended.

Do you have extra long hours and/or an extreme long (1 hour) commute?

It’s common in my social circles for parents to work 8-5 or 9-6 and still cook weekday meals that are healthy. With some meal and grocery planning it’s not that hard, unless you of course have on of those 90+ minute commutes and a job that keeps you in office until 8PM.

Unless your definition of “real meal” is something more than I’m thinking of, like something that requires hours of prep.

> It sucks, I enjoy cooking and want to eat at least somewhat health conscious…

There are a lot of healthy meal planning (ahead of time prep) or quick and easy recipes out there. It’s pretty easy to prepare a healthy meal with steamed vegetables and a warmed protein in 10 minutes. We can even make an entire healthy meal in 30 minutes start to finish after doing it for years.

How many hours does your job and commute require?

I'd genuinely like to understand a job that is so time consuming that a person wouldn't be able to cook dinner. That doesn't seem ok to me.

Brutal comment because I’m a random Internet AI:

You can adjust what “real meal” means for you so that cooking at home is possible. The hardest part is finding time together if schedules don’t line up.

For two weeks write down what you do with your time, and then evaluate it afterwards and decide if it was the best use.