Q&A for How to Learn Cooking by Yourself

Start by practicing the basics until you've perfected them. For example, you might start with seasoning your food, making a salad dressing, or roasting a chicken. Once you perfect these skills, you'll have a solid foundation for more difficult cooking skills.

You can start at any time! If you're a kid, ask an adult to help you with things like cutting up ingredients or using the stovetop. If you're already an adult, it's never too late to get started.

Start simple by learning one small meal for each time of the day. For example, learn how to make sandwiches for breakfast, a salad for lunch and maybe a small chicken pasta for dinner. The order doesn't matter. Learn in the dishes that you generally eat. Cook small portions to avoid waste.

You can learn to cook by watching videos and fiddling with simple recipes such as pancakes. As you feel like you fiddled enough with simple recipes, you can move up to cooking small meals then moving up to bigger meals.

A kid could learn how to cook from children's cookbooks. The recipes are generally very simple, and require little to no adult guidance. He or she could also learn from recipes that don't require use of a stove, such as salads or sandwiches.

Focus on learning a few simple recipes, or on learning the basics of one type of cuisine. Get a few recipe books or do some online research and then get cooking! Practice is important.

You are scared of failing but it does not protect you from anything to be scared, it just makes you fail. Don't be scared of failing because failing is a part of life. Let go of your fear, and practice often. Practice makes perfect, plus you don't know what will happen.

Learn some basics: Start with making grilled cheese and pasta. These are very easy meals to get you started in cooking!