I'm not much of a cook, though I'm perfectly comfortable following directions.

Since last April, I've subscribed to Hello Fresh, and learned a lot that way. (Hello Fresh is one of several services where you get ready-to-cook meals with all the ingredients, and full instructions (with photos) as to how to put them together. It's kind of cooking with training wheels.

I like it because it provides an interesting variety of menus, and the thing I'm particularly bad at is meal planning. Left to my own, I'll default to a hunk of protein, steamed cauliflower, and a baked potato -- or, more likely, fast food or a frozen pizza. So having these bags of food that I know I need to cook while they're still fresh is a great incentive to do real cooking. Tonight is a new one to me -- a Mexican rice and beef dish that looks the real thing that just-add-beef boxed meals are based on.