Hi Lord Lundin.
First off, I'd recommend starting with easier stuff to prepare, some instant stuff you can just chuck in the microwave or in the oven. Some of that sort of thing can be down right nasty of course, but some can be extremely nice, as well as being practical, eg, the local supermarket here do some lovely shepherd's pies that Mrs. Dark and I are quite fond of even though you just need to throw them in the oven.
once your okay with that, move on to trying different pieces of equipment.
personally, I use the George forman grille to do bacon, burgers etc, I make some things in the oven such as fishcakes, I use a slow cooker (also sometimes called a croc pot), to make things like chilly or stew, and recently I've got an electric steamer which is wonderfull at preparing steamed vegetables.
The thing I do least is use the actual rings on the top of the oven.
I rather like using jars of cook in sauce particularly in my slow cooker, and I have started doing stir fry, though that does take a bit more coordination and isn't something suggest if you are just starting off.
Generally don't be afraid to short cut and try things out and you should be okay.
Oh, and a decent set of oven gloves are absolutely %100 needed.
I confess I am not the world's greatest cook. Part of this is practical, since doing things like cleaning fresh vege can be a pain if you can't soee so it's easier to buy pre prepared stuff, part of it is that I confess I am lazy, and part of it is provided you don't go dirt cheap it's quite amazing how nice a lot of very instantly doable things are, for example, while the instant mash potatoes of the add milk and rehydrate variety are pretty grotty, there are some absolutely amazing frozen mash potatoes out there that really rock!
~Similarly, why should I bother struggling to carve a full roast turkey or chicken joint myself when I can just buy the joint ready sliced and chuck it in the slow cooker for six hours?
I'll say one thing which amazes me sometimes is now I am actually cooking for both of us, given that it's me! rather than mrs. Dark who cooks, I was quite surprised how easy things have turned out, though then again since Mrs. Dark and I tend to have pretty similar food preferences, eg, lots of cooked things, no salads that is another thing which just worked out better than I could have imagined.
With our dreaming and singing, Ceaseless and sorrowless we! The glory about us clinging Of the glorious futures we see,
Our souls with high music ringing; O men! It must ever be
That we dwell in our dreaming and singing, A little apart from ye. (Arthur O'Shaughnessy 1873.)