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This is why I like Ethan Chlebowski. He advocate to not learn recipe for home cook but straight to the basic. How to combine and mix ingredients so you can eat well with whatever you have. After you have build up those basic, then you can look at recipe so you know what can be substituted with what you have, and what you really need to have and buy new. Along the way, hopefully you'll also be more proficient in using your knife which constitutes most of the prep time
I do like him a lot but he does fall into the same trap that many food content creators do, of having lost complete touch with what a normal persons kitchen actually looks like and how much time and money they have to invest into cooking.
To be fair, he did a lot of experimentation and that builds up his pantry and spice rack over time. His latest video about eating for $10 a day basically limit his spice selection too. And again, the takeaway from him is always to learn how the flavor actually combines rather than specific recipe. So you know when it is fine to substitute beef with pork for example and when it is not
Even with all the fancy more expensive stuff, the fundamentals are the same, understanding favors, aromas, textures and the like and using technique still applies whether you have $10 for dinner, or are splurging on more expensive stuff.
That's the description of basically every youtuber who makes videos about an hobby
Bumping for Ethan Chlebowski mention, I also really like J Kenji Lopez Alt as a compliment to Ethan.
Kenji is an amazing guide to learning how to cook something