I kept track of everything my family of five ate for dinner for 28 days, and I thought it might be fun to share the whole thing.

I love to cook. I genuinely enjoy being in the kitchen and making dinner for my family. But I also have three kids, we homeschool, and I have approximately 47 other things going on at any given time, so dinner isn’t going to be a three-hour production every night.

My general goal is pretty simple: make something good, make it from scratch when I reasonably can, and get it on the table in about 30 minutes to an hour.

I don’t really follow recipes most nights. I tend to cook pretty intuitively: whatever sounds good, whatever needs to be used up, whatever I have in the pantry, and whatever my family will actually eat.

So I decided to write down what we actually ate for 28 days. I kept it very realistic (see day 23)!

Without further ado, here’s the round up:

1. Cajun Fried rice
2. Peach pulled pork: such a good recipe! We froze half for another dinner.
3. Homemade pizza night: We did canadian bacon, sausage, veggies, and figs in a variety of ways.
4. Basil-lemon salmon: This was so good, and I used the leftover basil-lemon butter to make sourdough crackers the next day.
5. Baked Mac n Cheese with Grilled Chicken
6. Teriyaki Beef Bowls: a family staple.
7. Sloppy Joes with Cottage Fries: My Aunt Wilma’s recipe.
8. Chicken Tikka Masala: a simple jarred simmer sauce served with rice and cucumbers
9. Sausage-Cheddar Quiche: a great way to use up leftover sausage from homemade pizza night.
10. Pinwheel Tacos (Snail Tacos), beans and rice
11. Fish and Chips with Blueberry Scones
12. Creamy Peach Chicken a la Farmhouse on Boone. I adjusted it by using chicken thighs instead of breasts, using more white wine in the sauce, and using fresh basil at the end.
13. Pork Fried Rice ( I used leftover canadian bacon from pizza night lat week)
14. Sundried tomato and basil orzo chicken
15. Fake Chick Fil-A, then when the kids went to bed we ordered sushi
16. BBQ chicken, biscuits, corn on the cob. I cooked all the chicken I need to use throughout the week this night as well.
17. Chicken and Penne in a Vodka Cream Sauce
18. Breakfast for dinner : Cinnamon rolls, ham, strawberries and eggs
19. Date night! We went to our favorite restaurant: Wine Wood.
20. Sweet Potato and Ham Hash with Cornbread (Ham from a few nights ago)
21. Rice, bean, and pulled pork bowls (From freezer pulled pork)
22. Herbed Chicken and Mac n Cheese
23. McDonalds. Just keeping it real over here.
24. DIY Hamburger Helper (Cheesy Beef Rotini)
25. Apricot Chicken, roasted squash, wild rice via Uncle Ben
26. Fajita Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo
27. Cajun dirty rice, biscuits, green beans
28. Garlic shrimp with parmesan risotto