Sunday Dinner: Tomato & Roasted Eggplant Stew with Chickpeas & Soft Poppy-Seed Polenta-from Veganomicon

So tonight we had a couple of friends over for Sunday dinner. I wanted to try to make something with eggplant.  I have only had it in Tempura and grilled and I wasn't really impressed.  I have to say I absolutely loved this meal!  The recipe calls for a whole bulb of roasted garlic..plus three more cloves when you start the stew, plus roasted peppers.   They call for red peppers, but I used one orange and one yellow because I prefer the sweeter ones. The Poppy-Seed Polenta on top was the perfect compliment to this as well.  Two words: No leftovers!