First thing you need to know is to not lean back in your boots. It's a natural reaction to lean against the hill and have all the pressure on your ankles and calves and the back of the boot.
Start with going straight downhill in a snowplow with both inside edges digging in. Get used to knowing what your ski tips are doing. Don't lean back.
Once you are comfortable with that, start to make turns. The easiest way is to start off facing downhill in the snowplow. Pretend that there is a button under your right foot's big toe. Try pressing it down with your toe while your left foot eases up on the pressure but maintaining the inside edges contact with the snow. Don't lean back.
Once you are almost perpendicular to the hill, do the same with your left inside edge. Don't lean back.
Once you are comfortable linking snowplow turns, start a snowplow turn and at about 45 deg from straight down the hill, pick up tail of the uphill ski and place it perpendicular to the downhill one. That's the pizza/french fries. Everything else is an extension to those actions and will become smoother the more you ski.*
The most important thing is learning to put pressure on the inside edge of the downhill ski. The inside edge slightly forward of the middle of your boots is where you should concentrate. Don't lean back.
*Unless you are on an extremely steep slope, moguls or powder. We'll save those for your second day of skiing.
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