Feeding myself like an adult

azulvioleta6

1. Take cooking classes. What is available will depend on where you are, but look into community centers, community/junior colleges and better grocery stores like Whole Foods.
2. Have a friend teach you some basics. I've done this for many friends--I love to cook, so it is fun for me. I will teach people things like how to properly make pasta and rice, how to make chicken veggie stock/soup and how to make a marinara sauce. Ask around and see if you can get some help.
3. Cookbooks! There are many great cookbooks for beginners. I would recommend How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman. The public library is a good source for cookbooks--you don't have to buy them.
4. Internet/Food Blogs/Pinterest. There are instructions online for how to do just about everything. I can't think of food blogs for beginners off hand, but I'm sure that they exist. There are also diet food blogs with easy dishes, such as Skinny Taste. skinnytaste.com/

ASKyle

1. Crockpot
2. Pinterest "easy" "3-ingredient" "crockpot" "fast" meals
3. Often, I just make a protein (chicken turkey burger steak salmon etc) on the grill, and roast a veggie like asparagus. No ingredients to mix.

AlabasterVerve

My advice to anyone learning to cook is to buy a utility kitchen knife and honing/sharpening steel first and foremost. A sharp knife makes prepping fresh foods for any recipe quick and easy instead of a time consuming chore, IMO.

withoutasaddle

On your off days you could cook all your meals for the week. Throw them in tuple ware then you still have your 'instant microwave dinner' feel, but it's healthy.

lemurcat12

AlabasterVerve wrote: »

My advice to anyone learning to cook is to buy a utility kitchen knife and honing/sharpening steel first and foremost. A sharp knife makes prepping fresh foods for any recipe quick and easy instead of a time consuming chore, IMO.

Good advice.

kommodevaran

I don't find the number of ingredients to be what makes a recipe difficult, not even the time required, or the rinsing, chopping, blending. That's the easy part. But the pouring of hot liquids, aiming without spilling, wrapping without getting burnt, cutting and folding of baking sheets - and making the *kitten* lay still - finding the right dry to liquid ratio, getting the food out of the oven or pan at exactly the right moment, timing different parts of the meal, all those hands-on operations that require dexterity and calm... I tend to freak out a little! I like to keep things as simple as possible, lol