Easy Chicken and Chickpea Stew
Makes 4 servings

Ingredients:
3/4 cup quinoa
1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into 1 inch pieces
3/4 tsp salt, divided
1/2 tsp black pepper, divided
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 1/2 cups chopped onion
2 large cloves garlic, chopped
1 1/2 Tbsp tomato paste
1 can (15 oz) diced tomatoes, drained
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 can (15 oz.) chickpeas, drained
1 cup low sodium chicken broth
1 zucchini, cut into 1 inch pieces
1/4 cup chopped cilantro

Preparation:
1. Cook quinoa as directed on package.
2. Season chicken with 1/4 tsp salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large
skillet and brown the chicken on both sides (cook for ~2 mins). Transfer
chicken to plate
3. In same skillet cook onion until soft (~5 mins). Add garlic and tomato paste (cook 1 min).
4. Add tomatoes, cumin, cinnamon (cook ~2 mins).
5. Return chicken
to skillet and add chickpeas, broth, zucchini and remaining salt and
pepper. Simmer, covered until chicken is cooked through (~10 mins).
6. Serve stew over quinoa and garnish with cilantro.