45 meals

I made a list of main dishes in my cooking repertoire, there are about forty-five, including a few specific variations. Some weeks I meal plan and some weeks I don't, although I try to at least plan out a day at a time. (I often plan around ingredients, and leave the details to be creatively worked out later.) This list will be handy for when I am having a hard time deciding what to cook; most of them don't require special ingredients. I also have about a dozen old handed-down issues of Taste of Home and Quick Cooking, if I am feeling particularly uninspired.