Work with your roommates to help share responsibility and bills. Build a grocery list together based on food you will make during the week, and pool your money to buy the groceries. If one roommate is really good a cooking and you are not, then help with dishes.
Also ask to learn and help with preparations so when you are on your own you know what to do.
Found the perfect recipe but you can't figure out the measurements? Google and Siri can help you out in a pinch! (Pun intended) Or check out some of these useful websites:
Volume Conversions for Recipe Ingredients
Cooking Recipe Converter
Don't have all the ingredients a recipe calls for? The meal is not ruined. Check out this link for ingredient alternatives.
or this website:
The Ultimate Baking Substitution Guide
Please note, these are only suggestions.
Baking
Sweeteners
Quick Eats
Drinks