Ok boys, what are some really basic meals to learn for someone

Eggs, pasta, and cookies.

The omelet.

Nonstick frying pan. Butter. Two to four eggs. Put pan on stove. Turn on heat to a low setting. Melt a bit of butter in the pan. Crack the eggs into a bowl. Beat the eggs. Optionally add a little cream or milk. Beat some more. Pour egg glop into pan. Let cook for a minute or two until mostly set, then flip omelet over using a spatula.

If it breaks when you try to turn it over, it's scrambled eggs. No big deal.

Optional: add various other stuff such as diced peppers, ham, mushrooms, tomatoes, ground beef, sausage, onions, green onions, whatever. You may need to pre-cook some of it in the pan. Or not. Depends on what you want. For the meats, definitely fry them a little first so that they are fully cooked.

>>9034811
Cookies. It's one of the few cooking things that all cooks have to follow the recipe to the letter, and the work/payoff ratio is pretty huge.

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>>9034811
Take razor the right way to cut your wrists is down the road not across the street.

>>9034811
Rice is a good ond because it's an exercise in following directions and doing basic stuff like boiling water and keeping temperatures under control. That and it's a base for many other recipes you can attempt later.

>>9034972
Indeed, here is my standard recipe for questions like OP's:

http://www.grouprecipes.com/73215/arroz-de-tomate-e-feijao---rice-with-tomato-and-beans.html

I use just a half a cup of rice though, and correspondigly less water. Plus I add some thinly sliced pork belly.

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>>9035080
oh and pic related.

Also, watch some youtube videos. Laura Vitale's channel is one of my favourites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGr1s5qSNmI

>>9035080
That works, but I was more refering to just making plain white rice. I was assuming OP is one of those people who says they can't even boil water though.

>>9035125
Not that bad, just basic recipes for someone that doesn't have much experience cooking or ideas on what to make