make stuffing. lol. even tho its after thanksgiving.

go to the library and find cooking for dummies and start there.

One of my favorite things to do when I was going to college and working (full time each!) was to start a crockpot full of veggies and a little meat. The smart busy students rely heavily on a crock pot because it stews all day, and is nice to eat as soon as you get home, not to mention, you can always add more veggies to it, and make it last a bit longer, which can improve the taste.
Now, the holidays are coming up, and if you have guests coming over, it is always kind of nice to know how to bake holiday cookies which leaves a nice homey impression for your guests as well. Being the married type, I have certain things I like to fix during the year, which is now a standard. Turkey at thanksgiving, Honey baked ham at Christmas, barbequed ribs around the fourth of july, (hotdogs during a recession, LOL!) hamburgers on the grill on Labor day and Veteran's day, and of course, I do a pot roast at least once a month. It really depends on your lifestyle, and what you enjoy doing. grilled cheese is great every once in awhile, and so is pasta, but so ho hum! get those veggies in! as MOM would say (LOL) they are good for you!

If I were you I'd definitely tune into 30 Minutes meals. I love Rachel Ray, and she's helped me out a lot with learning how to cook beyond the basic things. Yesterday I mad homemade mac and cheese and it was sooo easy and delicious, based on her Italian Mac and Cheese recipe. Another easy thing is fried rice. All you really need is frozen veggies (which are cheap), and then white rice and soy sauce, which are easy leftovers from chinese food. Oh, and eggs. It is another really easy thing.

lol french toast? basically.. you need a few eggs, and bread, a frying pan, a bowl, a whisk (or fork or spoon), and a stove lol.. maybe a little syrup and butter.
1. preheat the stove on medium (or 5-6)
2. get a bowl.. crack a few (3 or 4?) eggs into it.
3. mix the eggs together.
4. get any type of bread. and dip both sides of it into the bowl after you've mixed it. don't leave it in the bowl... it'll make you piece of bread soggy.. you don't want that.. trust me. lol.
5. put it on the frying pain and wait 2-3 minutes (or until its a brownish golden colour.) (make sure theres some oil or a little piece of butter on the pan.)
6. lol flip it.. do the same thing on that side.
7. after a few minutes... lol put it on a plate.
8. if you want a buttery taste.. slap some butter on to it. and spread it. put some syrup on. (so it won't be so dry and a little bit more taste.)
9. Vwalla! you've made your first french toast!

Cornish hens are REALLY easy to make! (and you can include the aforementioned stuffing idea!) Just grab a frozen cornish hen from the frozen food section, defrost overnight in the fridge. Take the chicken out, follow cooking directions for temperatures and cooking times.

Follow the directions to make stuffing and stuff it into the chicken. Rub olive oil on the chicken and generously sprinkle McCormick's Montreal Chicken all over it and its incredible and impressive!

Get good cooking supplies! A good skillet, plastic spatula, knives... :)

Let me know how it goes and message me for more!

I would definitely recommend Betty Crocker's Cooking Basics: Learning to Cook with Confidence. This cookbook is fantastic. Each recipe has a picture, it tells you what equipment you need (saucepan, etc), what each serving's Nutritional Value is, and sometimes how to make it healthier by substituting some foods, and each recipe has tips to help you along. Plus, it really does help you get more confident.

I'm now an experienced cook, but I still go back to this cookbook because all the recipes are delicious and my staple dishes, the ones that everyone loves when I make, are in this book.

BTW, I don't work for Betty Crocker or anything, I just really love this cookbook! haha

Grab a beginners cook book, get the equipment and ingredients you need and read through the instructions before you start so you have a rough idea of where you're going. Then follow the steps and away you go. Start easy and work your way up. It's better to have a simple dish that looks and tastes fantastic, than something flamboyant that tastes awful.

Good luck!

Start with easier meals. Stuffed peppers, meatloaf, stuff chicken breasts with red peppers and cheese and bread it. You'd be surprised how easy a lot of those things are to do! (I don't recommend trying to fry stuff first! Dangerous and you have to know what you're doing!)
Oh other ones Chili:
Big Can of tomato sauce, kidney beans, chili beans, beef or chicken (or none if you want veggies) cute up onions, and chili powder. Not too hard!

Feel free to try adding spices and stuff!

soups are always good and stay good for about half a week- chicken soups the easiest- broth, cut up veggies, and some cooked chicken(even canned chicken works). muffins are good if you find a good recipe. pan fried chicken is easy to make and once you master it you can make different varieties. have fun! :)