Nothing taste better than food cooked from scratch in the great outdoors. In the kitchen everyone has a role, mine happens to be cook. Be patient, this will take time, but you can do it. There are many ways to cook a great cut of steak. Have mom write you a cook book I never considered myself the greatest cook in the world.
Mistakes are half the fun.
Learning is an adventure. You don't have to be a chef, to be a cook. It's supposed to be a torte, not a cake. I have known my way around a kitchen as long as I can remember and in dog years thats a very long time. I have been cooking a very long time, but I still depend on a good recipe.