Asian Inpired Coleslaw

I have to admit that even before I turned vegan I never liked conventional coleslaw, however we have a glut of cabbages at the moment-mainly red cabbage so I have adapted this for my red cabbages and it's great-refreshing, light and aromatic.
1 bunch spring onions-trimmed and sliced
4 medium carrots-peeled and corsely grated
1 small red or white cabbage

Dressing:
2 tbs tamari or soy sauce
1 tbs clear honey or maple syrup
1 garlic clove finely chopped
2 tbs rice or white wine vinegar
2 tbs toasted sesame oil
2 tbs olive or avocado oil

To finish:
A handful of fresh coriander and some lime juice. (you can also add some toasted sesame seeds, or sunflower seeds)

Put the sliced spring onions into a large bowl, add the grated carrots.  remove any blemished outer leaves from the cabbage, the quarter, cut away the core and shred the leaves as finely as you can.  Combine with the spring onions and carrots.

For the dressing, whisk all the ingredients together, making sure the honey is dissolved.  Pour over the vegetables and toss.  Leave for 10-20 minutes to relax!

Serve with the coleslaw scattered with coriander and sprinkled with a few squeezes of lime.

Carrots

I went to a party on Friday night and a friend came up to me and told me my blog was rubbish!  He wanted    to see more recipes and more gardening tips!  So here goes-I guess I am reluctant to give gardening advise as I have always thought of JP as the green fingered one of the family. I will start with carrots as they seem an easy place to start.
Soil type: deep, loose, light soil.  For poor quality soil dig in a small amount of organic compost a month prior to planting.
How to grow: Directly sow seeds at a depth of 5 mm-mixing seeds with wahed sands helps spread them when sowing.  When seedlings are 5 cm high thin out to 2cm apart.  Thin out again when seedlings are 15cm high to 5cm between seedlings.
Avoid successive crops in the same plot.
Pests and organic control:  carrot root fly is the most common pest.  Use a crop cover or a resistant variety!
Companion planting: Lettuce, peas, leeks, chives, onions, beans, tomatoes and rosemary will deter carrot fly.
Nasturtiums are a bait plant for aphids.
Harvest a few young carrots-if they are pale the soil is too acid.  A dose of lime sprinkled around the plants and watered in will improve colour.