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Prepare: to make something or somebody ready to be used or to do something
For example, I am preparing a room for you
I have just cooked potatoes and meat and my children can eat them together.
Is it correct for me to say "Honey, wait a second, I am preparing food for you" when I mean I am putting the potatoes and meat on a plate and give them to my children?
You could say it, but you wouldn't sound like a native speaker, because we wouldn't say that.
'Preparation' of food would refer to the entire process of making food. It might include serving, as "food preparation" is often used as a term for work in the food service industry. People cooking at home might say "I'm preparing dinner" to mean cooking, but are more likely to say they are cooking, or making dinner (in American English I believe they also commonly say 'fixing' dinner).
For the process of putting food on a plate, the most common expressions would be:
