Stewed chickpeas with peppers & zucchini from Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food (page 66) by Julia Turshen

  • dried oregano
  • garlic
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    Can substitute mayonnaise for vegan mayonnaise, and cooked pasta or cooked grain of your choice for cooked couscous. See recipe for variations.

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    Can substitute mayonnaise for vegan mayonnaise, and cooked pasta or cooked grain of your choice for cooked couscous. See recipe for variations.

  • jaelsne on January 09, 2026

    Quick, easy and tasty weeknight dinner. I used zaatar instead of ordinary oregano and added chopped fresh tomatoes. We enjoyed the dish. I may try using Greek yogurt instead of mayo as suggested here.

  • emilycaj on August 30, 2025

    I thought this was so, so boring. Leftovers are currently languishing in the fridge. Will they get eaten before they go bad? Maybe, but not with enthusiasm.

  • Apollonia on June 25, 2025

    Tasty and easy enough, as well as very handy to use up veggies. I used greek yogurt instead of mayo and dill instead of parsley in the sauce - both worked beautifully.

  • MollyB on April 23, 2025

    Very nice, easy meal, perfect for a weeknight. I had it with some wheat berries and the accompanying sauce from the recipe, and liked it a lot. It was a great way to make a healthy meal from cupboard ingredients and slightly-past-their-prime vegetables languishing in the fridge.

  • molly17659 on February 25, 2025

    This was good but not worth going out of your way to make. I think it's very adaptable and such a good way to use up veggies. I usually have all of these ingredients on hand so this is a good one to tuck away when things are close to their throw out date. To echo other reviews, this is greater than the sum of its parts - the veggies are fine, the sauce is fine but together they are much better.

  • ksg518 on July 17, 2024

    I'm in the minority here but I did not care for this at all. The sauce helped, but not enough. I think perhaps my issue was the chickpeas turned to mush and the whole dish felt very muddled. Not a repeat.

  • hbakke on August 17, 2023

    We both liked this recipe. I added extra vinegar at the end of cooking for more tang. The sauce goes well with the stewed chickpeas, peppers, and zucchini. I accidently left this on the stove cooking for over an hour and I think that actually improved the flavors. Will repeat.

  • mdagl on December 17, 2022

    I'm a big fan of this one. The sauce is not to be missed here.

  • anya_sf on August 31, 2022

    On its own, the stew was just okay - fine, but really basic ("healthy tasting"). I used cheffreddie's suggestion to add smoked paprika, plus a lot more salt, which improved it. But the sauce really took this from meh to pretty great tasting. Couscous was a good base.

  • wester on August 01, 2022

    Not bad at all, but not amazing either.

  • avogel on May 23, 2022

    This is in the regular rotation for me. I like to serve it with orzo.

  • dinnermints on May 12, 2022

    I had high hopes after reading the reviews, but found this to be pretty mediocre. Not a repeat.

  • Skamper on January 25, 2022

    A good solid meatless Monday option. Next time I'd cut the pepper strips in half and slice the zucchini a bit thinner than chunks. I served over couscous.

  • Melissa_427 on October 27, 2021

    A great way to use up a few veggies we had on hand. I didn't have fresh parsley, but did have some frozen cubes of one fresh herbs that I thawed for the sauce and it worked well enough! I'm not really a fan of mayonnaise but this sauce was a nice addition, I'd be tempted to swap in Greek yogurt or sour cream in a future prep.

  • julesamomof2 on September 09, 2021

    Easy, delicious vegan dinner. I am trying to introduce more vegetarian dinners to the carnivores in my family and I have to admit it's tough to find meals that are filling enough to take the place of a steak. This one fit the bill nicely - plenty of protein from the chickpeas and texture from the zucchini along with the sauce which made it special.

  • dc151 on August 31, 2021

    I'll add my voice to the chorus here about this dish. The thing is, I don't even like zucchini. The sauce tasted horrible on its own and I got worried. But it pulls together into a wonderful, low-key meal I couldn't stop eating! Make this!

  • Lepa on August 31, 2021

    I kept paging by this recipe because it sounded a bit boring but I had all the ingredients and decided to make it for dinner. It is delicious- especially with the white sauce, which makes the whole dish zippy and wonderful. We ate this over a combination of rice and quinoa. We will be making this again for a healthy, easy weeknight dinner.

  • SheilaS on May 26, 2021

    This is a great, simple vegetable stew that's perfectly punched up with the lemony parsley sauce. I totally agree with cheffreddie, don't skip it! I'll probably toss in a de arbol chile or 2 next time.

  • cheffreddie on May 25, 2021

    This recipe is way more delicious than it has any right to be. I added the smoked paprika from Burlap & Barrel that Julia recommends in the introduction - so good. Don't skip the lemon aioli sauce!

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