Reading through the recipe, I'm thinking they do assume you'll prep and measure out everything beforehand...which isn't so bad. I always have everything prepared beforehand; that makes cooking go a lot smoother and I'm never doing three things at once. Plus, while I'm waiting for the water to boil or the meat to brown, I can do some clean-up and save a lot of time afterwards.

I think you got some great suggestions in the comment above! I was thinking of rec'ing Leanne Ely's books, since she gives you a week of menus per chapter, complete with a grocery list. But the recipes are all for family dinners (each serves six), so you'd probably have a ton of leftovers unless you split the recipes up. I either split them up or freeze the leftovers, that way we can just re-heat them and save time. There must be other resources like that on the net, though! I'd read some cooking blogs - so many people love to cook and blog about it, give great tips and shortcuts, and have good ideas.