This does involve chopping, but I don’t find it that labour intensive.
I try to make both Shchi / Russian Cabbage Soup and Beet Borscht once a month.
I don’t know if your kid would like them. I liked borscht as a kid.
One of my dining companions doesn’t feel dinner is dinner without fish, meat, chicken, egg or dairy, so vegan dishes are side dishes or a main dish with a meat/egg/dairy side at our house. Of course, it’s easy to put a fried or poached egg on top of most vegan meals.
Other dishes that could be made vegan:
Lazy cabbage rolls
Stuffed Pepper soup.
I make a dried apricot curried lentil stoop a lot.
Vegetarian pozole could work.
Feijoada could work, leaving out the fattier meats.
I have been keeping a big bowl of fruit salad in the fridge lately, which seems to help with snacking. Now that would be simple sugars. I’m not sure if you’re limiting fruit.
Healthier (however you define it) meals you’ve been making lately
What’s for low carb breakfast, lunch or dinner?
This Armenian Lentil Apricot soup was good
Re: kid friendly, the Enchanted Broccoli Forest came to mind.
It does contain a cup of cheddar cheese and 3 tbsp butter.
Good luck!
