I'm not on M/E - but a good, inexpensive 'meal' is to make some salmon or tuna patties/burgers.
Just mix up a large-ish can of Wild Alaska salmon (14 ounce can) with one egg, carefully form into four/five 'patties' - then pan fry for at least 14 minutes per side in a frying pan (use olive oil or butter, your choice). You can make your own 'tartar' sauce too, by mixing up some mayo, dill relish (or chopped pickle), dry mustard powder and lemon juice.
There are pics in my gallery of the salmon patties.
Another good one (but a bit fussier) is the Whole Foods Turkey meatball recipe - which I found on their website. Works well for beef meatballs too. And there's no bread crumbs or anything in them. I usually buy like 5-6 pounds of either ground turkey or ground beef and make a ton of these meatballs. I don't bother pre-sauteeing them as in the recipe, just make a bunch of meatballs, put on a cookie sheet and bake in oven for half an hour at 350F. The best part? After dinner, you have tons of pre-cooked meatballs at the ready. Put some in fridge for snacks, and some in the freezer for future meals. The frozen ones can be re-heated quickly from frozen!
Here's the recipe:
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/rec...p?recipeId=2070
These are good cold or hot. Dipped in a mix of mayo/spicy mustard, or just some mustard, or even just plain.
Another good thing to have on hand is a Rubbermaid devilled egg container, which I got from Wal-Mart. I have two of them now, since I like to serve devilled eggs at parties and so on:
http://www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-Se...r/dp/B000QRFOLC
Got mine at Wal-Mart Super Center for $4 something.
A crockpot might be a very good thing for you - I have used recipes from a book called "The EveryDay Low Carb Slow Cooker Cookbook" that are mostly all meat - for example - chili - involving tons of chili powder, beef broth and chuck steak. It's very good, and you don't miss the veggies or beans.
Not sure how many spices you'll want to be using - but there are some good blogs as well - Kalyn's Kitchen blog has some excellent recipes for things like Rosemary marinated roasted pork tenderloin, and things like cilantro/garlic grilled halibut etc.
I think a big part of this is going to be making sure you have lots of meat/egg dishes on hand. I usually make way more food than needed for a particular meal, with the express purpose of having lots of leftovers. I'll bake/broil 5 pounds of chicken. Or buy a 3.5 pound pork roast. That kind of thing.
Good luck