My mom didn't cook much. We literally had to fend for ourselves often. This meant learning how to make grilled cheese etc at a young age. It also meant that we had pizza at least once a week and other various forms of fast-food etc. When I think back on this stuff it pisses me off, especially now that I have my own kid. I would never feed her the garbage I was fed. But then, my folks didn't really know any better. You are lucky that you had a mom that cooked for you. Now that you've knocked out grilled-cheese, move on to the next cooking project. It really is fun. One of my favorite tags on hubski is #recipes .
Interesting tag. There doesn't seem to be much there, but the recipe for banana bread you posted a long time ago is intriguing, banana bread has always been one of my favorites. That may be my next project.