If you're a busy geek, invest in a crock pot. Crock pots make cooking pretty simple... and if you're single (and not scared to leave an appliance turned on while you're gone to work during the day) you can coordinate it so that you have a nice, hot, freshly cooked meal waiting for you when you come home, no significant-other required. (Or "your mom" or a paid chef, or whoever else would cook for you if you didn't do it.)

Just fix up the ingredients the night before, and put everything in the refrigerator. Morning comes, just pour the "stuff" into the crock pot and turn it on the "slow" setting and head out. Come home approx 8 hours later and bob's your uncle.

There are plenty of good books available with piles of slow-cooker recipes as well, and I'm sure you can find plenty on the 'net. Seriously, give it a try.