>>6995692OP, if you're still here, something to consider: it's fall now in civilized climes, which means one thing: stew weather!
Stews are great because they're simple, pretty hard to fuck up, and rarely require specialty ingredients. You'll use salt, pepper, flour, bay leaves, garlic, sage, rosemary, and thyme all the fuckin' time. You'll also get practice in shit like browning meat, cutting up veggies, and skimming fat. Which are super basic skills, but also incredibly important.
Equally important is to not get discouraged. You WILL fuck up. That's fine. That's why you start with easy stuff (basic breads, stews, etc.) so in the beginning, when your skills are shakiest, you don't fuck up a whole beef tenderloin.
So you'll fuck up, but you'll also improve, and that feeling is great. Progressing in something is rewarding, and making something tasty from scratch, even if it's not necessarily complicated, is satisfying on top of being tasty.
