Bev's Recipe Collection

• 1/4 C olive oil
• 1 sweet onion, chopped
• 6 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 T ground cumin
• 6 (15 oz.) cans chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained and rinsed
• 3 (15 oz) cans diced tomatoes
• thyme (12 sprigs fresh, 1 1/2 t. ground, or 1T dried leaves)
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 1 T honey
• 42 oz. vegetable broth
• 1/2 t salt
• 1/4 t pepper
• parsley, optional (1/2  c chopped flat leaf or 3 T dried leaves)
• couscous, rice, or quinoa

Place onion in the oil over medium heat.  Cook until wilted.  Add garlic; cook another minute.  And cumin; cook 1 more minute.  Add next ingredients (through pepper).  Bring to a boil.  Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes.  Stir in the parsley and serve over couscous.

Tripled and adapted from the St. Petersburg Times decades ago.