This colorful bowl of purple cabbage beautifies the picnic table.  It is sweet, sour, salty and an easy recipe to remember:  one cabbage and one cup of sauce.

• 1.  Slice a purple cabbage as thinly as possible and throw into a big bowl.
• 2.  Grate 3 carrots and add them to the cabbage.
• 3.  Thinly slice one green and one red pepper.
• 4.  Add 1/4 cup of sesame oil, 1/4 cup of tamari or soy sauce, 1/4 cup rice vinegar, 1/4cup maple.
• 5.  Sprinkle with sesame seeds and mix.
• 6.  Enjoy this fresh slaw at summer picnics.