Hi tracy, I'd recommend looking at
http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/ there are loads of recipes on the blog itself plus others in the recipe archive. Its one of my most favorite resources for low calorie, delicious and fairly easy recipes.
I eat a lot of beans myself and I will buy canned beans but I'll also make them in the crockpot. I also use a rice cooker to cook rice, qunioa and other grains. Sometimes quick cooking beans as well like adzuki (after they've been soaked).
Also, one thing I do is I will cook large batches of meals when I do cook. Cooking doesn't need to be strenous or time consuming. The other day I made indian spiced lentils with green beans over quinoa.
1) Measured quinoa, measured water, put in rice cooker, added a little salt, pushed start
2) Measured lentils and put in large sauce pan. Added a large can of tomatoes, dried onion, dried garlic and plenty of curry powder. Stirred, tasted and covered. Brought to a boil then simmered for about 40 minutes, stirring ocassionally.
When quinoa and lentils were done, I poured about a cup of frozen green beans on a plate and microwaved, then I added quinoa and lentils. It probably took me 5 minutes total of actual 'work' but I made lunch/dinner for multiple days.