I guess you'd call us "planners". We're incredibly busy. DW works full time, I work full time...plus my commute is 60 miles each way. During weekdays, we get up at 4am, work out, go to work, then come home and then are right back out the door taking the kids to sports practices. All three play sports nearly year round...it's lacrosse season right now (and I'm helping coach DS12 team). So our free time is fairly near zero. However, we're health/nutrition nuts, so we won't do fast food or quick things like pasta.
We cook in bulk every Sunday. For example, last Sunday I grilled about 5lbs of boneless skinless chicken breast and 5lbs of center cut pork chops. DW made a bunch of tilapia for herself (yuck). So when we come home, just heat, add a quick veggie and voila. Very similar for the kids. They either eat the meat I cooked, or sometimes DW will bake a large dish of something on Sunday too, like casserole. We also do the same for our lunches. We pre-pack the entire week for us and the kids. Sunday morning is basically an assembly line in the kitchen.