My mum taught me to cook - I grew up loving the smell of home baking and there was nothing better than being allowed to lick the bowl clean afterwards. So I spent a lot of time with my own children in the kitchen when they were small - mainly playing, making a mess, cooking up odd bits of grey pastry splattered with sticky jam. It was fun. We laughed a lot. We spent time together. We ate what came out of the oven.

Now my children are grown up - and I hope one day soon I'll be a grandmother. And as I look around I see children who only know how to cook using the microwave. Taking ready meals from the freezer and zapping them so that 5 minutes later they can eat. Is that nourishing? Is that fun? No of course not. What does it mean for the future generations then? Will the art of home cooking disappear? Not if I have anything to do with it.

TV is full of celebrity chefs doing their level best to show us how to produce elegant inventive nourishing food. Bookshops are full of their glossy colour recipe books. But do kids get it? No. So - what can we do about it?

I believe the answer lies with grandmothers.

It's become the norm now for mothers to work full time - the cost of buying a home these days means very few mums get the chance to stay home with their babies. And many prefer to be out at work, retaining their former identity and environment. Being a stay-at-home mum isn't ideal for everyone.

But - many grandparents are now doing the childminding, to keep costs down for working mothers. This seems to me to be an ideal opportunity for some fun and games in the kitchen.

OK grandma, granny, nanna - let's see what we can do to resurrect the art and fun of home cooking. Let's teach our grandchildren how to create healthy, nourishing food for themselves - let's get away from the fast food culture. This is going to be all about fun, about creating wonderful smells in the kitchen - and on the way learning about basic foodstuffs, basic cooking techniques, setting good habits for the future.

Ready?

Let's go!