Hey TR. Understand how you feel on this one. When ds (two in two days!) began weaning, I spent months making up stews and casseroles, blending and freezing - and he developed a bit of a reputation as a super-healthy boy. 
And I got fed-up with all the cooking. 
So now we compromise. And when ds was your daughter's age last summer - and a few times since, when he's had picky phases - we compromised even more. Last summer, ds survived a week or two on tofu sausages and satsumas. I was fretting, but he was happy.
I loved another poster's finger food suggestion. Ds was really getting into finger food past one. Some speedy and wholesome finger food options, which I still frequently throw together on a segmented plate for ds now, include:
- chopped strawberries/melon/grapes/apple (always a bit of fruit)
- sticks of cucumber or wholegrain toast with blobs of houmous to dip into
- wholewheat pasta twists tossed in a bit of pesto and olive oil
- tofu sausages, sliced straight out of the fridge - never bother to cook (try two varieties by Taifun - in the chilled cabinet in independent healthfood shops, and absolutely packed with goodness ... really soft for young babies too)
- jacket potato, cooked in microwave, and cubed (skinned probably for your little one), drizzled with a bit of olive oil and tiny bit of sea salt
- wholegrain toast with houmous/Marmite/yeast pate followed by fruit
- wholegrain noodles tossed in sesame oil and soya sauce
- omelette with soft, steamed veg in it
Some of the above - fruit/cucumber - might need to be extra soft/peeled for your dd, but I reckon she'd manage most of it.
All of the above can be eaten with fingers - the original forks! 
- and quickly prepared. And if all the grain products - bread, pasta, noodles, etc - you have in your house are wholegrain, that's loads of extra goodness for no extra effort. (Some people warn about feeding wholegrain food to toddlers, saying refined is better, but ds is a thriving, tall and chunky vegetarian, has never had constipation, and has eaten mostly wholegrains since weaning, so in our experience, this doesn't stack up.)
I'm a food fanatic, but like you can't be arsed with the endless cooking of wholesome stews - at least not in this weather. Would second previous poster's ideas on cooking extra of yours and freezing/refrigerating for baby next day. Even saving a few of your veggies means you've got a meal once these are added to pasta or an omelette. Doesn't always work - depends on the dish - but you get a few extra meals in for dd this way.
Also, if time is a genuine issue - and money isn't - can you buy in chilled fresh soup, and bag it up in little portions, instead of feeding dd tinned? Or make her some quick mash by cooking a tiny jacket potato in the microwave and mashing the contents with olive oil? Quick ways to improve on what you're already doing ...
By the way, ds has his vices too - garlic bread, eggy bread and beans (hence the name ) and chocolate (he has his dad's sweet tooth).
Hope this helps. Sorry it's a long one - I love food, and got carried away!
EBAB