where do i go now?

i've graduated high school and my girlfriend and i have gotten an apartment together. I have a job at Mcdonalds making just above minimum wage by a quarter, my girlfriend (who actually has a worse job) is still at minimum wage. Together we have enough money to live comfortably and we actually have accrued some debts (medical,dental,college loans) we are going to see what we can do when it comes to making payments, we have also recently been interviewed for foodstamps which will be extremely helpful.

my real question i guess is where can i go now? i have a 1 year lease and i live really close to my job but i dont want to just keep biding my time. Everyday i go to mcdonalds and devote alot of time and effort into it but i feel like i could be putting that energy to better use but most of the good jobs require some education. a dream i have is to work in a large kitchen making intricate dishes but i dont even know where to begin if i wanted to pursue that goal.