I’m 100% sympathetic to the “I want to not eat out but it’s a chore to cook”.
Ovens, pressure cookers, and rice cookers are absolutely wonderful because of how set and check back later they are.
Dressing up even simple foods like ramen with blanched leafy vegetables, poached eggs and some ham is fun.
Furikake is a great way to add a bit of flavoring to white rice. Alternatively some soy sauce and sesame oil are both good pairings for rice and ramen as appropriate.
Wraps can be fun too and may be a nice alternative to bread.
Some of nano’s work might be worth a browse:
Other random choices:
Although to my ear you like JP rock/pop. Nothing wrong with that really – regional differences exist even within the same overall genre of music.