'Be Indpendent' Online Subscription Course Having registered from your starter pack, either 'Present' or 'Basic', you will already know a little about what the Cookwise subscription course can offer. We hope you have enjoyed what you have done so far, and that you would like to join us for a further period of time. If you are haven't puchased a starter pack yet please click on the link here to choose one Although this is called an on-line course, the laminated recipe cards will actually come to you in the post. Everyone likes getting post, even in today’s e-mail & computer culture, and it means the cards are reusable. Printed recipes from the computer will quickly get messy and damaged in the kitchen. We hope you will want to cook the recipes more than once. We will post the recipes to you once a month. Vegetarian alternatives are included in all recipe cards, shopping lists and action plans. We have done the thinking, planning and organisation for you. You do the fun bit of actually cooking and eating it. The recipe cards arrive to you in the post, once a month, enabling you to cook two, 2 course meals. You might choose to cook a whole meal together or you might cook the recipes on 2 different days, depending on the time you have. All recipes have clear instructions and photographs of the main stages and techniques to help you, and to teach skills that young cooks can build on. View sample Recipe Card Recipes are laminated for durability, so they can be used again and again without damage. If something does happen, just contact us for a replacement. Your Cookwise folder will keep the recipes together, with space for some of your own too. When yours is full up, let us know and we will send a new one. So that you can be organised, a shopping list for the two menues will be sent with the previous mailing, so that you can shop ahead and have the ingredients ready for when the new recipes arrive in the post. View sample Shopping List A plan of action will help you organise your time, so that you know how long the cooking should take you, and how you can sometimes save time by overlapping the stages of each recipe. View sample Action Plan Information is available online about some of the ingredients in the recipes, what is in season etc. so that you build up a better knowledge of the food you are eating. Pod-cast/mp3-cast tutorials on a CD to listen to before (or while) you cook The menus will aim to promote healthy eating in a sensible and enjoyable way. The recipes will use food in season when possible. If you have a good local farm shop, independent food producer or retailer, why not let us know and we will put them on our website. By subscribing to Cookwise young cooks will learn……….. to be confident in the kitchen. skills to use throughout their life. about the food they are eating. to use a variety of different foods, and try them too. to be organised in the kitchen. how healthy and tasty freshly cooked food can be. how they can save money by cooking food themselves. to use cooking as a fun activity that can be relaxing and very rewarding All this for a monthly subscription cost of £6, including p&p Give your children a good start towards healthy eating.