Moroccan Carrot & Fennel Slaw (my un-French Friday offering)

Today is another French Friday with Dorie, and that means I was supposed to have made and posted her orange and almond tart from Around my French Table. But the thing is, I just couldn't face making another dessert. I know, I know - I may be the only XX chromosome creature on the planet who doesn't get all that excited about sweets, but there you have it. And so close to Valentine's Day - it's positively un-American of me! (In my defense, I recently had to taste about 20 gourmet chocolates for work, and I am sick to death of sugar. Cue sad violins.)

Crunchy Asian Slaw

Like the hungry walrus said, the time has come to talk of many things. But I'm just going to talk about  cabbages. As in, what to do with them when you keep getting them from your CSA and the last thing you want to do is stand in a boiling hot kitchen assembling mammoth amounts of stuffed cabbage (which I've done, by the way. In July. Never again.).

Cole slaw is an obvious choice, but as much as I love it sweet, gloppy, and Southern-style, my hips do not need a vat of that sitting around. Who do I look like, Paula Deen?