Hearty Chicken Vegetable Stew

Ingredients

• 1 medium Spanish onion, chopped
• 3 carrots, peeled and sliced
• 9 baby small white potatoes, peeled and sliced in half
• 2 medium-sized yams or sweet potatoes, peeled and diced into 1-inch pieces
• 2 stalks of celery, cleaned and diced
• 4 large cloves of garlic, chopped
• 18 grape tomatoes, halved
• 2 chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 1 1/2 cup filtered water
• 1/2 cup white wine
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tsp fennel seeds
• 2 fresh sprigs of rosemary
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp coarse black pepper
• 1/3 cup fresh parsley chopped
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tbsp cornstarch
• 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar