Hi OP, i started learning to cook sa youtube. Pero don't constrain yourself too much sa recipes nila or sa measurements nila. The important part there is the ingredients kasi iba iba tayo ng taste so if you know the ingredients you can add or subtract as much to meet yung taste mo.
Eventually I got to the point na dahil familiar na ko sa ingredients I just add random things I have sa kitchen that I know can add to the flavor and eventually it ends up good