I like to buy things overtime to help stock up on things that are used to prepare food, so like hamburger helper or something. uhmm (campbells?) soup, like the cream of chicken or cream of mushroom can be used to make meals, but I also get the chicken noodle soup in case like my fiance or i were to get sick. that way we won't have to run to a store or something. uhhh really spices help a lot, chicken stock or beef stock, worcestshire (sp?) sauce, bread crumbs like panko or something, frozen veggies too. rice, pastas. some frozen meat again in case of emergency if you can't leave the house in event of storms or something. oh and eggs.
but we usually meal plan and buy the meat we need for the next couple of days. depending on how you feel about freezing meat, like we freeze chicken. so we'll get the bigger package because obviously we won't eat all 6 chicken breasts in one sitting, maybe 2 or 3 and then freeze the other two.

some simple recipes though can be stir fries, soups, chicken in general. As you can make it stuffed, or do a shredded chicken or fry it or bake it. then just make a veggie on the side and a starch.
I like to make a chicken ceasar pasta salad at least once a month. it is really simple.
You can either buy like a rotissiere chicken or buy uncooked chicken and bake it and shred it or cut it up or cut it up and cook it on a frying pan or slow cook it and shred it and cook some pasta (i use penne). and then mix the pasta with ceasar dressing (I use marie's) and then add the chicken and mix it in. then on your serving dish, put romaine lettuce and top with the chicken ceasar pasta and just mix it and add crutons. and then there you go

but really just look at a bunch of recipes and find what a lot have in common and just stock up on those.