I liked DS lessons, I can remember most of what we cooked starting with blancmange, then in order : rice pudding, semolina pudding, rock cakes,baked apples stuffed with mincemeat,brown stew, butterfly cakes, Welsh cakes, corned beef pie. I can't remember much else, but we had exercise books where we had to write down the recipe and the method.
I had a gondola basket too KatyK I had no idea they were called that, but I knew exactly what you meant.
There was no mention of healthy eating in the lessons, but I do remember 'economical' and ' nutritious' being banded about. I do think that pupils ( dare I say and many mothers) need to be taught how to cook a meal using cheaper cuts of meat which can be eeked out with veg ( frozen is ok) and fish. I add mushrooms to a lot of meals, notably with pasta in tomato sauce, bought sauce is fine.
I learned to cook by watching my mother and from Delia's Cookery Range when I got married and still using 42 years later.