Lost my cooking mojo, help me get it back!

[MrsPennyapple]

Today I attempted to bake some flapjack. Despite following the recipe to the letter, the top was burnt, and when I tipped it out of the tin, the top layer fell off and the rest was welded to the tin (which I had greased as per instructions).

Yesterday I made a lasagne, in itself it was fine, but the oven thermometer was suspended from the shelf above the lasagne, the garlic bread was on the upper shelf. I pulled out the shelf to get the garlic bread, and the thermometer dragged the cheesy top off the lasagne, onto the floor and the bottom of the oven.

Last week I tried to make a gingerbread loaf. Again the top came out whilst the bottom stuck to the tin (despite me having greased it), and although the texture was good, it had a weird taste to it that I can't identify.

I am feeling really stuck in a rut, food-wise, sick of churning out the same meals over and over again. I'm trying to find new things to cook, but everything I touch seems to turn to shit at the moment. The only thing that went well was the Hairy Bikers sweet & sour chicken recipe. I'm pretty much feeling like going shopping and filling the cupboards with jars of sauces. At least then I'll just have to slop it in a pan and heat it up.

I have a toddler who generally eats well, and a DP who won't entertain a meat-free meal. (He does cook sometimes but I do most of it.)

Anyone else felt like this and pulled themselves out of it? Any suggestions what I can do to try and get excited about food again?

[Mrsrobertduvall]

I produced a pasta dish once, and dh called it foul slop.
Tbh it was but has become the byword for anything not nice.

He is fussy...meat and 2 veg man...but I tend to cook on regardless.

[KittenOfDoom]

Brilliant microwave flapjack recipe here - you can vary the fruit to taste. You'll need a suitable dish as obviously metal tins are out. I use a square silicon tray.

allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/356/chewy-microwave-flapjacks.aspx

[HermioneHatesHoovering]

Do not cook a different meal for your h or kids, that way lies madness.
You need one rule and stick to it, "Take it or leave it".

[MrsPennyapple]

Hermione I have no intention of cooking different dinners :) I don't mind shoving a chicken breast in the oven whilst I'm cooking, but that's as far as I'm prepared to go!

Will check out the microwave flapjacks, thanks Kitten.

Multitaskmama Thanks for your recipes, the fish one looks good, but if I have to cook another variation on chicken stir fry, I think I will weep!

Haven't had chance to look at those food blogs, but I'm trying to do my meal plan for the next few days so now might be a good time.