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Ingredients
- Serving Size : 6
- 5 red or yellow bell peppers diced
- 2 fennel bulbs – cored and diced (reserve minced tops for garnish)
- 1 1/3 cups diced canned tomatoes drained
- 1 cup chopped fresh basil or 1 1/2 tablespoon dried basil
- 1 cooking spray
- 3 cups cooked garbanzo beans (1 1/2 15 ounces cans) – rinsed and drained
- 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice or balsamic
- vinegar
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1 1/2 pounds rotelle or radiatore – cooked
- 1/2 cup grated Fat-free parmesan
- some Sonoma hard jack cheese or soy parmesan.
- 1 salt and pepper to taste
Method
- Preheat broiler.
- Mix peppers, fennel bulb and some of the tops, tomatoes and basil in a bowl; spread vegetables evenly over large baking pan.
- Generously spray, broil until vegetables soften and blacken slightly, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes.
- Combine beans, crushed red pepper and lemon juice or vinegar in a large serving bowl.
- In a small pan, toast the fennel seeds until they darken a few shades; add to the bean mixture.
- Add boiled vegetables, hot pasta and cheese to bean mixture; toss well.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Sprinkle with reserved minced fennel leaves.

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