Just start out small. Learn three or four simple dishes you can make and go from there. You'll master them before long and be making them all the time. :) Once I learned how to make my own spaghetti sauce, I always keep the ingredients in the house lol. As of now, it's the only thing I can reliably make without a recipe.
First, you can learn to make a protein (chicken is hard to mess up). You can grill them, but as I don't have a grill I usually bake them. You can season them with various spices (salt, pepper, garlic powder, and lemon juice are a good place to start, but feel free to add whatever smells good to you), or coat them with something crispy like Corn Flakes or French fried onions (be sure to dip the chicken in eggs to get the coating to stick).
Once you get a protein, you just need sides! Potatoes are ridiculously easy. You can mash them with some milk and spices (salt, pepper, garlic powder, maybe a couple bay leaves) or slice them and roast with olive oil (salt and pepper!). Veggies are simple too: just boil them for a few minutes and add butter, salt, and pepper.
Have fun experimenting! And don't get discouraged if it doesn't turn out right. I screwed up a quiche just a couple weeks ago haha (I subbed pie crust for Pillsbury biscuits and it took over the whole pan).
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It's extremely easy - at least for me.
I think a person just needs to have a knack for it. a feeling when something is done and how much time it takes for something to cook to perfection, what ingredients will go with what main dish... If you don't have that feeling you can still learn, but it won't be that easy nor magical nor fun.
Cooking is easy. You don't have to be able to improvise dishes to cook, you just have to be able to read a recipe.
Get yourself a digital cooking thermometer, a digital kitchen timer, a sharp knife and you're good to go. When you cook meat, don't guess, use the thermometer to determine when it's done. Just the timer so you don't forget things. If you don't understand a technique that a recipe calls for, Google it before you cook. There are videos for everything on YouTube.
When you get a recipe, read the entire thing start to finish before you start. Make sure you have everything you need so you don't realize you're missing a key ingredient while the food is cooking.
Prepare prepare prepare. Measure and cut everything before you put anything on heat. You don't want to find yourself needing to add something you don't have prepared, then have your food burn while you're scrambling to find it.
Start simple. Dry seasoning and fresh herbs are the beginner's friend. Pan fry, roast, bake, steam and broil. Save sauces and gravies until you're more experienced.
Most important is just pay attention. Getting distracted when you cook is the best way to ruin your food.
You tube and cooking websites are your friend.
Anything you want to make is on YouTube. How to's, tips etc.
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Not hard at all. It's not rocket science, just cooking. If an illegal alien can learn to do it at Denny's after 3 hours of training than anybody can do it.
Its pretty simple, if you can read there's no reason you can't cook. Recipes are very self-explanitory.
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