Add some “treats” to the prep. I made a batch of pioneer woman cinnamon rolls. Prepped to the last rise and frozen. Nothing is so bougie as fresh homemade breads.

I did a bunch of frozen pizzas as well. Cheap dollar tree pizza pans can be reused and I’d par bake the crust before topping. One of my kids had/has a tomato sauce aversion and doing this with half having no tomato sauce was so helpful.

Frozen fruit cups was another ‘treat.’ My toddler loved them. I did mine in foil cupcake liners and stored them in gallon ziplock bags.

Basically things you like to eat. I have a friend who swore by making multiple batches of pancakes / french toast sticks because she could give them to the kids to eat in the car on the way to run errands.

Casseroles never worked well for me.