All 11-year-olds in England will be able to receive "Real Meals" a free cookbook under a programme aimed at tackling obesity.

Head teachers will be able to order the Real Meals booklet, which has recipes for favourites such as spaghetti bolognese, roast chicken and jacket potatoes.

The recipes came from public suggestions and are also be available online from the Teachernet website.

Ministers are also announcing that £151m will be spent building food technology areas in schools.

The initiatives are designed to pave the way for compulsory cooking lessons for all 11- to 14-year olds by 2011.

Recipes in the Real Meals cookbook include:

Apple crumble
Beef and veggie stew
Beef curry
Cheese sauce
Chicken casserole
Chicken pasta salad
Chicken tikka
Chilli con carne
Chow mein
Coleslaw
Cottage pie
Crispy potatoes
Custard
Fajitas
Fruit pie
Hotpot
Lamb rogan josh
Leek and potato soup
Minestrone
Mushroom risotto
Paella
Ragu
Roast chicken legs
Savoury rice
Sizzling stir-fry
Spaghetti Bolognese
Speedy potato salad
Spicy tomato soup
Summer pudding
Vegetable curry
Vegetables
Vegetarian lasagne

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We have tried to get books for all of our year 7's but can only order 100. How do we get the other 150 that we need?

Hi ballg and welcome to the IFTK discussion boards.

Interesting that you can only order 100 of the cookbooks.

The press release from the Department for Children, Schools and Families clearly states: "The cookbook is available online and secondary heads will be able to order copies for all their Year 7 pupils"

Link to the Department for Children, Schools and Families press release

I'd be tempted to contact the folk you placed the order with and quote the press release, reminding them that they are supposed to supply you with sufficient books for all your year 7 pupils.

Pedantically, they could argue that you can order copies for all your year 7 pupils...not that they have to supply you with them. I'd be seriously unimpressed if they took that line!

Good luck and do tell us how you get on. 

Link to downloadable version of the Real Meals cookbook