hiiiiii communists who live in my pc, do any of you know how to cook?
i don't. at all. a few days ago my roommate taught me how to scramble an egg, and i had never had broccoli or cauliflower or (most other vegetables ๐) until he let me try some of his, so that's approximately where i'm at with food knowledge. given that i'm clueless and live with several people in a completely open plan house, i try to avoid cooking anyway because i'm constantly being watched in the kitchen and people are making their little comments. BUT work is sending me traveling so i have a kitchen all to myself for 2 weeks and an affordable supermarket about 10 minutes walk away. i plan to use this time to try to learn a bit <3
the only problem is that i have absolutely no clue where to start. i can make rice and boil pasta and that's about it. do any of you have recipes that are accessible for a noob and will help me grind my skill up? 
or any idea of places online for my situation?
i have no dietary restrictions and i'm open to trying pretty much anything once. i'm just confused and every recipe i click on online seems to be some artisan shit that needs 2 hours and tools and ingredients i've never heard of
I mostly learned through fucking around and finding out. Cookbook is a good way of learning if you can deal with that but I get too impatient and start freestyling after getting the general gist. It is also why I'm not great at baking, because that shit requires you to follow the recipie and not randomly add a dash of vinegar on a whim.
If you're starting out, stews are very forgiving. Or soups since it is root veg season.
Since you brought up cauliflower, it goes great as a flavour enhancer in a basic leek and potato soup. The basic recipie is to chop the leek, roughly cube the potato until it is the size of 3x3 cm and chop up the cauliflower into little bouqets (I'd say for one standard leek you go about 6-10 potatoes and a head of cauliflower, none of these measurments are or need to be exact). Start by frying the leek in some kind of neutral oil (canola, vegetable, peanut, sunflower, whatever you have at home). If you like garlic you can also add some of that at this stage, a finely chopped onion also goes well but these are merely extras. You know that the leek is done when it starts getting goopy. At that point you add the potato and cauliflower and top up with water until it covers the entire amount and chuck in a stock cube (recommend veg or meat, fish could also work but that changes the flavour profile a fair bit). Then you bring it up to a boil and let it chug along until everything is soft (pick up potato chunks to see if they are soft enough to mash with a fork). At that point you can add some cream/cream substitute (like a deciliter per liter at most or it gets too much, you can also use milk or creme fraiche here, but it is a bit more finicky) and a bit of white wine if you want to be fancy. After that all you have to do is mash it up. Very easy to do that with a hand mixer or electric whisk while in the pot, but you can also use a potato masher. Flavour with pepper and salt to taste. Then presto, it is done.
The above recipie might look involved, but it is about 20 minutes of active work and it doesn't matter if you let it boil for a bit too long. One of my go to big batch lazy meals. It is also something where you can start experimenting with adding different ingredients (such as the cauliflower). Most root vegetables work in it, parsnips, swede, celeriac, sweet potato, you name it. Only root vegetable that doesn't work that I can think of is beets.
If you want an absolute cheat code for frying stuff to have with rice such as tofu, meat, vegetables you name it, get a jar of douchi (should be available if you have an asian supermarket near you). Just add a spoonful of it to the oil and let it simmer for a bit before starting to fry, it is almost magic.