Don't know if anyone's still reading this but still - just in case:
OMDB - don't worry, no offence taken. a) I am a bit of a cooking moron - that much is true - but b) I'll take my recipes where I can get them - if they're good, I don't care who/where they come from, I'm asking everyone I know as it is! The JO one I found here and tried because everyone said how good it was (which it was), not because it was one of his.
Christiana - thank for the ideas, very nice, will definitely try out.
I'm definitely in a cooking rut and I don't seem to have much time to think about it so ALWAYS just end up doing the same old stuff.