Help Me Cook An Edible Dinner For Once

[acoustix]

I SUCK at cooking. I can make good breakfasts (omelettes, pancakes, etc.) but I am terrible at cooking dinner foods. My main problem is chicken and Pork. See, I am scared to death of poisoning someone with undercooked chicken or pork, so I tend to burn the hell of it everytime I try. Beef I have no problem with, as undercooking is tough when you like your steak rare.

Any suggestions on how not to kill people with my cooking?

Also, I'd like suggestions for doctoring up ready-made foods. For example, the other night I got ballsy and decided to spice up my boring frozen pierogies.

I boiled them for about 4 minutes, and then fried them up in butter, garlic, and onions. I added some crushed red pepper and salt. Success. It was deliciously unhealthy.

I'm looking for more things like that. Anything extremely simple that you can doctor up.

Feed me your cooking knowledge.