I don’t cook like that all the time. I eat a lot of “quick fix” foods and I also go out and pick up to bring home. Once or twice a week I like to cook something I can enjoy for a few days.
There’s a few foods like you mentioned that you must fix occasionally! I think bread baking is one of the best smells you can fill your house with.
I cooked a roast with potatoes, carrots, onions a couple of weeks ago and that night when I went up to bed that wonderful odor was all up there.