Michael, I feel your pain on the zero recall night. Saturday night was that way for me, and I have to admit that this always tends to bum me out a little. Even though it's lucid dreams that I'm going for, I greatly enjoy my non-lucids as well.

There are a few steps that I take when I want to repair my recall. First, I go to bed as early as I can the next night, and try to go to bed in the most relaxed frame of mind possible, eagerly anticipating my dreams for the night.

Next, during the day while performing my awareness practices, I will periodically spend a few seconds daydreaming everything that I did or experienced in the last few hours. I just play it back visually in extreme fast-forward, paying attention to what has happened throughout the day and keeping it in mind. The hope is that this habit carries over to the day as well.

If I am feeling a little desperate, I will spend a few days maintaining a waking life journal alongside my dream journal. This pretty much always gets me unstuck, but it's a lot of work.

Something else that many of us use from time to time (RareCola, paigeyemps, and myself, at least) is a nice glass of apple juice right before heading to bed. I'm not entirely sure why, but I've had some nice, vivid dreams on nights that I had some apple juice before bed. (Just be sure to brush your teeth afterward, heh heh...) Very tasty and well worth a try to get yourself going! More recently, I had an amazing night of dreaming last night after eating mango, but this is still being "researched".

Good luck and let us know how things go for you!