Cottage food laws only cover non perishables. Things like jams, Butters, oatmeal, things like that. Basically anything that doesn’t need to be cooked.

So, I’ve looked into a bit. Not enough to know what I’m doing yet

I didn’t know that was a thing. I’ll look into it see how much it costs

I have not. Where would I test a product like meals prepping? I cook for my family all the time and everyone enjoys it and goes back for more