Ratatouille with Chickpeas

Name: Ratatouille with Chickpeas
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped; 1 large onion, sliced; 2 red bell peppers, seeded and diced; 3 tomatoes, cored and diced; 1 (13.5 ounce) jar tomato and olive pasta sauce (such as Papayiannides® Tomato & Olive & Ouzo Sauce); 2 Japanese eggplants, diced; 2 zucchini, diced; 1 (14 ounce) can chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained; 0.25 cup chopped fresh parsley; 0.25 cup chopped fresh basil; 4 sprigs fresh thyme; salt and ground black pepper to taste