This has been asked before, but favorite easy meals that can be made ahead and just finished up in ten minutes or less at dinner time?

I stay at home so in theory, I should be able to cook a simple dinner at a normal time. But by close to dinner time both kids are getting crazy and the baby is walking around clinging to my legs and everyone is melting down in the ten minutes it takes to make boxed macaroni and cheese.

I recently made pasta salad during naptime and it was perfect- we could stay outside playing right up until dinner time then I came in and put it right out into bowls. No prep during crunch time. What are your favorite ideas like that?