What have you Nutritized today?

I finally got to making this recipe for dinner. It's been on the menu for over a month, but something always comes up to bump it. 

I changed it a bit (see recipe below) to fit our preferences, ingredients I had on hand and to boost the nutrient value. I affectionately call that, Nutritized.

It's simmering now and I think it's going to be a winner with at least a few of us.  I'll serve it over or along side baked potatoes for the family. I'm having mine over steamed broccoli.

Spiced Chickpea Sauce

1 onion, diced fine

3 large white mushrooms, diced fine (so my children don't notice)

1 heaping TBS minced garlic (non-oil kind)

1 TBS ground cumin

2 tsp ground coriander

1/2 tsp (or so) red pepper flakes

1/2 tsp ground cloves (only I didn't have those so skipped it)

1 TBS paprika

1 28 oz can stewed tomatoes

1 6 oz can tomato paste

2 cups no-salt vegetable broth

1/2 bag of frozen spinach

1 28oz can chickpeas, rinsed

Saute onions, garlic, and mushrooms in water or vegetable broth until soft. Add seasonings and mix. Add tomatoes, paste, and vegetable broth. Bring to boil, reduce to simmer. I mashed the tomatoes at this point to make it less chunky. (I have many in my family that will appreciate that effort.) Add spinach and chickpeas. Continue to simmer for at least 15 minutes. Add more vegetable broth if desired.

To serve, place a slit on the top of a sweet potato (or white potato, your choice) and gently squeeze to open. Removed part of the insides, if desired, and reserve or mix in with chickpea sauce. Ladle sauce over potatoes. (I didn't remove anything. I just split the potatoes and let the children choose if they wanted the sauce on the side or on the potato. They all chose the side but most were mixing it in with their potatoes after they tasted it.)

In looking over the recipe, I could have increased the seasoning by quite a bit. However, the flavor was fine for my family and I wanted to be cautious of over-seasoning it on the first run. :)

Report:  Everyone thought it was good. Even my non-bean eater went back for a big, healthy second helping. I just had one 7 year old chickpea dissenter.