Well I've been pampered by my mother's excellent cooking for the first 18 years of my life, and I managed to survive dining hall food for the last couple. I'm much more satisfied making my own food, I can tell you that for certain (at least over dining hall food, Mom's cooking will always win in my book!).
My mom didn't cook much. We literally had to fend for ourselves often. This meant learning how to make grilled cheese etc at a young age. It also meant that we had pizza at least once a week and other various forms of fast-food etc. When I think back on this stuff it pisses me off, especially now that I have my own kid. I would never feed her the garbage I was fed. But then, my folks didn't really know any better. You are lucky that you had a mom that cooked for you. Now that you've knocked out grilled-cheese, move on to the next cooking project. It really is fun. One of my favorite tags on hubski is #recipes .
Interesting tag. There doesn't seem to be much there, but the recipe for banana bread you posted a long time ago is intriguing, banana bread has always been one of my favorites. That may be my next project.