Learning how to cook

So I'll admit I'm not the best cook and well not until August when I left my job was I able to follow a recipe. Seriously my recipe following skills were/are embarrassing.

I know how to make simple things...seasoning meat, putting it in a skillet and making some rice...that's about it.

Well last night I seasoned some meat, cut up some onions and cooked it in the skillet and made yellow rice. For lunch Chris wanted left overs so I took out the uncooked seasoned meat and started to cut some more onions...well I wasn't paying attention and my finger was in the way of the knife and well the knife stopped with it felt resistance INSIDE my finger! Lets just say I screamed like a baby! The blood....the horror!

I now have decided to make homemade chili. Yes, I know, it requires a lot of chopping but I need to not be scared and jump back on that horse. :) I'm reading the recipe and it looks easy...hehe....easy for a normal person! I'll let you know how it turns out.

Now I do think I deserve some kudos....last night's dinner was pretty good. I took fajita meat, seasoned it like a typical Puerto Rican....Adobo, garlic and olive oil. Cooked it in the skillet with some onions and chopped garlic and a little bit of vinegar (yes i know weird but so yummy) I made yellow rice (which I had never done before) I use the rice cooker so took regular rice added some sazon, adobo, sofrito and a little tomato sauce. It turned out pretty good for my first time. I also made some peanut butter cookies with a Hershey's kiss in the middle just for my husband (he's been asking for them for WEEKS) Yes, they were from the bag I just had to add water and egg and stir. hehe.

Off to make friends with the chopping knife...I'll let you know how it turns out.