Time-saving Tips

It is obvious that I am a guy.  My hat is off to the ladies that do meal preparations day in and day out.  I do meal preparations only occasionally, but when I do, I like to prepare something that we usually don't have on a regular basis.  Now maybe some guys are good at multi-tasking.  I am not.  Therefore, when I prepare a meal, it is a major project for my (non)organizational skills.  I suppose that with enough years of practice, that skill could be developed.  But at 74 years old, that is not likely to happen.  Set that aside for now though and I would like to open up a dialogue on time-saving suggestions or organizational skills.