Why can't I cook any more?

Perhaps begin again with easy food. Practice.

Tins of tomatoes, onion, garlic, spices, carrot. Cook add cream, spin in blender. With cheese grilled on bread and a green salad.

Jacket potatoes, filled with saute mushrooms, herbs, creme fraiche. Cabbage salad and bread.

Risotto. Lentil cottage pie. Pork fried rice.

Roasted chicken, potatoes and carrots in one roaster tin.

I find that after cooking from scratch for over 60 years, I have lost all interest and in the main dish up what is quick and easy. I used to be a good cook but now when the family come I cannot get it right. I think it is just lack of practice.

You’re not alone. I went through a phase where I lost all confidence in my cooking, nothing seemed to go quite right. I concentrated on relatively simple meals where I didn’t have to juggle timings etc. and gradually things have improved. I’m sure your cookery mojo will return given time and perhaps a little help from Delia Smith.