Sorry, did not mean it would necessarily take hours to make, as there are 45 min recipes of course as well as ones that would take 6 hrs to do.
But I meant if you wanted to spend that time to make one good dish that's the highlight of the day vs making several decent quick meals and combine those into a good dinner? I don't know how soon Mulreay would like to have that nice dinner with his mate.
Foodnetwork.com is a good place for recipes, many recipes are there from the real professionals who have been cooking professionally for 20+ years and have successful restaurants open so you might want to take a look