Italian Style Chicken

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 chicken breasts, boneless, cut into bite size pieces
• 1 - 16 oz. can of tomatoes, chopped
• 1 large green sweet pepper, diced
• 1 small cooking onion, diced
• 1 medium rib of celery, diced
• 1 medium carrot, peeled and diced
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, optional
• 2 cloves of garlic, chopped; OR 2 tsp. garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes, or to taste
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan or Romano cheese

PREPARATION: