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Part of the governments plans to tackle obesity is a to concentrate more on cooking skills for school children, which will ultimately mean compulsory practical cooking lessons in secondary schools from 2011.

With this in mind they have released a free cookery book aimed at 11-year-olds, which can either be downloaded and printed or hard copies ordered by schools for their pupils.

I personally think this is a great idea, the passing along of cooking skills seems to be dying out as less and less people cook from scratch and rely on fast food. Getting children cooking and interested in cooking is not only a great life skill, it gets people more interested in what they are actually eating and that can only be a good thing.

Some nice recipes in this book too, more info and downloads here.

Learning cooking skills is vital to fighting obesity in young people. Once they’ve mastered the basic dishes, they can keep cooking for life.

The Real Meals cookbook, endorsed by top chef Phil Vickery, contains 32 classic recipes and sauces chosen after the public was asked to nominate the basic dishes every child should learn how to cook.

The recipes, developed by the British Nutrition Foundation, follows the Let’s Get Cooking Consultation, in January this year, when 250 members nominated dishes which all children should learn.

Currently schools can order one free copy. To order more, call the publications orderline: 0845 6022260.