Intro

What's WIDE CIRCLE COOKING about? These are delicious recipes that also happen to be
gluten-free, wheat-free, dairy-free, egg-free, alcohol-free
and vegan (so by extension also suitable for vegetarians,
Muslims, Hindus and Jews, among others).

Who is the blog aimed at? People cooking for a wide circle of friends.
These are recipes for entertaining (starters, mains, desserts, nibbles, cakes),
designed to be virtually indistinguishable from similar dishes created with milk, eggs, wheat etc,
so everyone can enjoy them together.

THE THREE CARDINAL RULES OF WIDE CIRCLE COOKING:
1. All the ingredients are available from an average-sized supermarket
2. All the recipes are gluten-free, wheat-free, dairy-free, egg-free, alcohol-free and vegan
3. All the recipes are familiar dishes, adapted to suit (if necessary)

Happy cooking!

ps. ask all guests if they have an allergy (because the recipes use some unusual combinations and they may not expect to find citrus and soya in the chocolate cake, for example).
pps.if you are cooking for someone with an allergy, please read my allergy page first.

Friday

Warm asparagus salad

Make the most of asparagus season! This is a lovely starter for a spring day and looks smart without actually requiring much effort. If only everything was so easy...

Serves 4

8 baby new potatoes
8 chestnut mushrooms
16 thin asparagus spears
2tsp lemon juice
olive oil

Clean the vegetables, and then boil the potatoes in a pan. While they are cooking, slice and fry the mushrooms. The asparagus should have the woody bottoms removed and be cut in half. The spears should be boiled or steamed until just cooked (I have a steamer that fits on top of a saucepan, but you could use the microwave or an electric steamer).
When all the vegetables are cooked, cut the potatoes in half and arrange four halves on each person’s plate. Add some mushrooms and asparagus. Make a dressing by combining the lemon juice with 4tbsp of olive oil stirred together, and drizzle over each portion. Serve warm.

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