Chickpea & Zucchini Soup

Another less-is-more wonder. Chick peas, tomatoes and zucchini, onion and garlic and basil. No stock. And the end result, finished with a little good parmesan grated on top, is a very rich-tasting and satisfying soup. Ms. Minchilli suggests that some olive oil be drizzled over the soup at service; I found this unnecessary. One caution: basil is in the ingredient list but not in the instructions. I chopped my basil fine and added it just before I took the soup off the heat. I also followed the suggestion and pureed only part of the soup, leaving some nice chunky bits. I did peel the tomatoes and am glad I did.