Neophyte in cooking

Hello hun, we are not able to share recipes here, but i would suggest you to check in internet for some advices for cooking, which will be very useful for you. At first, check about your dishes, where you live ... What spices are good for your dishes in every season, how long something has to be boiled or fried, how you can clean the meat and wash it before cooking, so it won't be bloody at the end when you finish cooking. Recipes you can find everywhere in internet, there are so many cooking sites, i'm sure you will be interested, but first of all you need to learn what spices you can put in every kind of foods, that's how you will learn slowly which is good when it's mixed with other stuff and if you go that initial knowledge, your cooking will be much better and you will have success for sure. Good luck.

I first learned to cook with my very first Betty Croker cookbook which was my moms, been using one every since. I begin learning to cook when I was 7 years old and today I still love to cook. I am wanting to learn cake decorating to see if I can make some money in it. I love to cook all kinds of food to deserts.

Hi nestle11! I love to cook as well. I got the eagerness to learn how to cook when I was still around 8 or 9 years old just by observing my parents and relatives who are really great cooks around the house. I would advise you to do the same. Just watch them and offer to help them prepare stuff like chopping veggies or meat so you get the hang of it. It's not really embarrassing as most people think if you want to learn how to cook. I believe learning to cook starts at home and with your family. It should be enjoyable and fun. The dishes that I would suggest you learn first are our own traditional dishes. (Btw, I am Filipino too) Try adobong baboy, that's a simple dish and you cannot go wrong with it as long as you follow the recipes. And just as was suggested by the previous response, try googling it online or if your folks have recipe books, try looking up for a recipe that you can follow. Aside from adobo, I would suggest Nilagang Baboy (boiled pork with veggies) which is kinda like Sinigang but you don't put any sour broth mix (sampalok mix) to it. You can also try Tinolang manok (chicken ginger stew with veggies). I believe starting to appreciate your own traditional/native dishes would make you love your own culture before you start cooking other dishes. I bid you well on learning how to cook and I'm sure you'll do get to be a good cook!