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I don't know what kind of time you have to prepare, but I have a couple of easy recipies:
lemon chicken (not the kind in a Chinese restaurant)
chicken breasts
2-3 lemons
salt
pepper
butter
melt butter in pan. Slice chicken into strips. Fry chicken in butter gently (so you don't burn the butter) until it takes on a nice brown colour.
Roll the lemons on the counter to break all of the little sacs inside. You'll feel it get softer when it's ready. Slice them in half and squeeze the juice into the pan. Please don't use that bottled crap. It's so full of chemicals that you can't taste the lemon.
Season with the salt and pepper, and cook on medium heat until the lemon juice reduces to a nice sauce.
I like this on rice or pasta.
Do you like Asian curries? You can find S&B brand Japanese curry in a lot of grocery stores now. It's super simple to make. Many stores also carry the Taste of Thai curries, which are only mildly harder. Watch out if you're sensitive to capsicum, though.
Try the fresh pastas--digornio, buitoni, etc. have packages of fresh filled and unfilled pasta that's really great.
If you have time on the weekend, consider cooking a small leg of lamb... I get mine at the local warehouse store. It's about $11 and it feeds two big eaters for 3 days. First we eat about half of it roasted and sliced, then we grind the rest up and make shepherd's pies. It's really not hard if you have the time to roast the meat. I use garlic, salt, pepper, and fresh rosemary.
Our recipe is really simple--grind up lamb, put it in a bought pie shell, make mashed potatoes and spread them on top. Bake at 350 F until the potatoes and crust are brown and yummy.
Cooking is an art that evolves with the cook. You will gain confidence as you gain experience. You will start to know what goes with what. You will become sensitive to the sounds and smells of finished food.
have fun.
ps. I apologise if I've overestimated your skill. Let me know and I'll see if I can adjust them if you need me to.
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