I have daal in the slow cooker (red lentils, yellow split peas, tinned tomatoes, chilli, garlic, ginger, cumin, coriander, turmeric, stock cube) and chicken in the oven.
Ate a load of homemade coleslaw as my pre-dinner snack (red cabbage, carrot, red onion, fat free yoghurt, salt and pepper), so I'm counting that as the speed component of my dinner, just spread out a bit.
I second the ham and pickles plate as a good snack.