Practice Makes Perfect

I am not a cook. It's not that I dont want to, I don't really know how. I can't believe I am really admitting this about myself. Every women should thrive off of cooking, right? Ha! The first week or so we were here, Jon cooked dinner every night. Although I know he does enjoy cooking, I started feeling a little guilty and obligated. I don't want Jon to think he married a lazy couch potatoe. So, this weekend we went grocery shopping and I picked some recipes I was planning to make this week. I literally have to read recipes-I'm sure most of you others dont, but I am fairly inexperienced-other than taking cooking classes in high school, and making brownies from a box where the only ingredients are oil, eggs, and water. LOL. I'm not used to cooking for two. My logic has always been, why not make brownies from a box? Making them from scratch is more time consuming, and they taste perfectly fine to me from a box. I guess this is a rude awakening for me! I can't expect my husband to eat reduced fat wheat thins and peanut butter sandwhiches all the time. The other night I decided to make banana nut muffins from scratch. I was torn because I had a mix for banana muffins in the pantry-but, I decided to take the time to make them from scratch. I'm trying to prove to Jon that I really do have potential here. LOL. Anyways, they turned out great. The topping for them was brown sugar and walnuts mixed. I was proud! I know all of my friends are years past this stage of being proud of your first accomplishment in the cooking department. If any one has recipes or ideas they would reccomend, I would appreciate it! And EASY is the key word for me! I need EASY recipes!!