from cafe-brenda book the chickpeas are dried, and the chicken breast just substituted the 5 cups stock.

Ingredients

1	cup chickpeas
1	pound pumpkin
1	med onion
2 1/2	tsp salt
1/2	tsp dried thyme
1	oz chicken breast
1/4	cup rolled oats

Directions

1. soak chickpeas for 4 hours in 4 cups water.
   
   
2. pour off and discard liquid. mix chickpeas in a soup pot with 6 cups water, and boil. reduce heat and simmer covered 1-1.5 hours.
   
   
3. peel pumpkin and cut in half. clean out seeds and stringy portion and cut flesh into 1-inch pieces, so you're left with 5-6 cups.
   
   
4. saute onion and add pumpkin and saute additional 10 min. add 5 cups water or stock, salt thyme and rolled oats.
   
   
5. cover pot and simmer about 30 min til pumpkin is done. add beans and continue 10-15 min.
   
   

Categories

First Course, Boil, Vegetarian

Nutritional Analysis

Nutrition Grade 96% confidence

Good points Low in saturated fat Low in cholesterol High in dietary fiber High in iron High in manganese Very high in vitamin A

Bad points Very high in sodium