Easy, low cost, low effort, maintanable, every day diet?

I would check into www.sparkpeople.com, or at least the recipe site of www.sparkrecipes.com. I use it to track my nutrition and exercise-it's free. But they have great recipes for quick and simple meals, and a good selection of crock pot recipes. I would recommend the crock pot meals so that you can set it up, go, then come home to a healthy hot meal. Sounds like you have a great routine, and that is really cool. But just as a thought, do you have a rice steamer? You can use it to steam rice and veggies while you do other things-you don't have to stand over it-and you can even steam fish in it! I steam my brown rice in a large quantity, then stick it in single serving freezer bags. It reheats quickly in the microwave, and tastes great. Just a thought!