Herbs are the easiest and most versatile plants to grow in your garden, at least in my experience.
There have been times I had so much basil dried and put up for at least a year and also kept friends and family supplied. Cooking a spaghetti sauce with basil is so much tastier than store bought basil. For me, basil is the easiest of all to grow.
Of course the climate in which you live and if you grow them indoors or outdoors has much to do with the success of individual herbs, but you won't know unless you try them out.
Click here for an excellent article on growing and cooking with herbs.