/ck/ - Food & Cooking

OP, all you need is The Joy of Cooking. With that book, especially an early edition, you will be able to cook anything. It's more than just excellent recipes. It has simple instructions on technique that were extremely helpful for me when I was first on my own, like you are. I am now a passable cook thanks to studying this book, along with an old used copy of a CIA textbook.
You can walk into any thrift or used bookstore and find a copy of the Joy of Cooking. Do yourself a favor and get yourself one.