I can cook (learned from my dad as a pre-teen). I've tried a number of 'recipe in a box' plans (just the intro discount offers). They all seem a bit pointless and a waste of packaging (e.g. hoisin sauce in a cute little plastic container). If you need recipes to cook, check Michael Ruhlman's "Ratio", which will let you use recipes as ‘ideas’. If you need a challenge, a 'mountain' to climb, check Julia Child's "Art of French Cooking".