Even though I’ve categorised the vegetables based on the amount of time required to prep them for cooking, don’t be put off by the vegetables that require more effort. After all, the leafy ones (that take a bit more time), if dark-greenish, tend to have more iron and folate. At the end of the day, all vegetables provide you with different profiles of nutrients. So, the greater the variety of vegetables you consume, the more the types of nutrients you get! Vegetables are also high in fibre, which help you prevent chronic diseases. Find out how you can meet your fibre requirements every day here.
My suggestion is to choose easy to prepare vegetables for weekdays and “slow-prep” vegetables for weekends. If you want to know how you can spend less time cooking in the kitchen, read this post. Or, you could distribute the job of food preparation amongst different members of the family and make an event of it. Set up an assembly line and get your family members to help out with rinsing, chopping, and cooking! I remember helping my grandma peel potatoes, or pick the ends off beansprouts (yes, she was fussy about them). It just speeds things up.