Date, Feta, and Red Cabbage Salad

Ingredients

1 to 1 1/4 pounds red cabbage sliced very thin

3 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoons lime or lemon juice I use lime

to taste salt

to taste red pepper flakes I used the mild Aleppo variety

about 1/2 cup pitted dates coarsely chopped or sliced

4 ounces feta crumbled into chunks

1 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley chopped

2 teaspoons sesame seeds well-toasted

Equipment

salad bowl

Directions

Toss cabbage with olive oil and first tablespoons of lime juice, plus salt and pepper, coating leaves evenly. Taste and add more lime juice, salt, and pepper to taste. I do this a few times, making sure I really get this base well seasoned because it will be hard to do it as well later.

Toss dressed cabbage gently with half of dates and feta. Sprinkle with remaining dates, then feta, then parsley and sesame seeds. Dig in.