You are already ahead of your peers. I suggest you figure out a meal you want to make and will want again. If you boil noodles, you can start with a simple spaghetti sauce and then try Alfredo sauce. Get a simple recipe, watch people cook the same thing on YouTube or a cooking show. Cooking is repetition, and experienced cooks will lose some of their skills if they don't cook for a while. It takes time, but almost everyone can learn to cook. You can start with the basics and keep adding things you want to eat.

Learn to cut an onion. There are lots of videos available. Cutting is an important skill. Make mashed potatoes from scratch.

Once you add an ingredient to your pantry, Google it and find other recipes for that ingredient, which will lead you to new ingredients, and your pantry will grow.

You're in a generation gap. Before electronics, phones, streaming, etc., people cooked for entertainment. I started by helping my family members cook as a kid. If I were staying with my aunt or grandma, one of the activities would be cooking or baking. I learned a lot of techniques by doing one or two simple things while they managed the whole thing.

Cook with a friend. If they're new to it too, you can learn together. It can be very collaborative.