Provençal-style vegetable-chickpea stew
6
2
2
SmartPoints® value per serving
Total Time
28 min
Prep
8 min
Cook
20 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
Here is a delicious and elegant stew perfect for entertaining. It's chockfull of delicious ingredients, but takes under half an hour to make. How is that possible? It's because we utilize the microwave for cooking all of the ingredients, except for the chickpeas and Parmesan cheese. Otherwise, this stew is loaded with eggplant, diced tomatoes and tomato paste, red peppers, zucchini, onions, garlic, dried thyme, and fresh parsley, and yes, it's all heated up and softened in the microwave. When you're ready to serve, stir in the chickpeas, top it off with Parmesan, and you're ready to go, without a single pot to wash.
Ingredients
Eggplant(s)
1 medium, cut into 3⁄4-inch dice
Olive oil
2 tsp
Canned diced tomatoes
28 oz, fire-roasted variety, drained
Canned tomato paste
3 Tbsp
Sweet red pepper(s)
2 medium, cut into 3⁄4-inch pieces
Uncooked zucchini
2 small, sliced
Uncooked onion(s)
1 large, coarsely chopped
Garlic clove(s)
2 large clove(s), minced
Dried thyme
1 tsp
Table salt
¾ tsp
Black pepper
¼ tsp
Fresh parsley
¼ cup(s), fresh, chopped
Chickpeas
2½ cup(s), rinsed and drained
Grated Parmesan cheese
¼ cup(s)