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I struggled with this problem for years. A few months ago I hit upon what is, to me, the ideal solution. I pay someone to come to my place twice per week and prepare all my meals. I live in Argentina so the cost of hiring this person, which is about USD 80 per month, is unlikely to reflect what you'd have to pay for a similar service in your own country. The fact that I only eat salads (including fruit salads) also lowers the costs considerably, so you'd very likely have to pay more than I do if you are located in Europe or North America.
I would expect that incomes in a country with a lower cost of living would also tend to be proportionately lower; have you found a way around this?
I don't have debts or dependants, and I live relatively frugally. In any case, before hiring this service I was spending more than an additional USD 80 per month on food (since I was eating out a lot), so I'm actually saving money relative to the relevant counterfactual.