If you "aren't much of a cook" (not my words but likely yours) try looking through a recipe book and find a recipe that you think you could make. Start easy at first. Make the recipe as is to see what it should look and taste like. The fun comes when you start varying a recipe to suit your tastes. Please NEVER not make a recipe because you don't like one or more of the ingredients. Substitute the ingredient(s) with something you like and as best you can the colour of what you are leaving out. For example, I hate onions of any kind. So I usually substitute onions with peppers and/or celery. If the recipe calls for peppers and celery I just add more for the extra volume. If it's only one ingredient that you don't like and you don't know what to substitute in its place, leave it out.
If a recipe calls for a meat you don't eat or don't like, substitute for a meat you do eat. If you don't eat meat substitute the meat for a protein you eat. For instance, Tofu is a good substitute for meat but so is fish or nuts. If a recipe calls for ground beef and you would rather have chicken or turkey, by all means use ground chicken or turkey in the recipe. If you don't eat any meat but eat fish, substitute ground meat for a chopped fish. Like haddock, sole or red snapper.
If you don't eat meat or fish, substitute the ground meat with chopped tofu or a nut like almonds, walnuts or hazelnuts. You'll be surprised how good it is. When it comes to cooking DO YOUR OWN THING, it really is as simple as that. If you need help with this, let me know by e-mail or by phone and I would be more than happy to help that way. This is with cooking only. When it comes to baking, it's not quite so simple but doable with some ingredients.
Wayne from Cooking Is Fun And Easy
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