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The best thing to do is master a few easy dishes and learn how to make good leftovers.
Of course, the best leftover is pizza, which you can get one for a couple bucks with a coupon from most places when you buy one at full price. Stick one in the fridge and save it for tomorrow, the next day, heat the oven at 250-350 and let it heat up for 8-15 minutes. Watch it, try around and find the way you like it.
That's the key thing about cooking. Rarely will you make something great the first time you try. This is because with most cookbooks and such, they are written generally to try to apply to everyone, which is impossible.
If all else fails, get spagetti and add whatever you want after it's cooked. A regular thing I make is a spagetti pizza type deal. I cook the spagetti till it's done, put it in a pyrex dish, add some spagetti sauce, some pepperoni, some sausage, and some cheese on top, put it in a 300 degree oven for 20 minutes and that's it. Quick and easy.
Also, go get "I'm Just Here For The Food" by Alton Brown and watch his show Good Eats on Food Network (9:30est on Wednesdays). His show is great for beginning cooks and experienced cooks alike.
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One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink but then held it out over the beer and yelled "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!"
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