Curried Beans with Spinach

Here’s a dish for times when you begin thinking about dinner ten minutes after you’ve come home from work; you don’t even have to defrost the spinach—it thaws in the stew as it cooks.

I make a dinner of this by serving it with slices of thick whole-grain bread. Heartier eaters (whose week allowed for a little planning) could accompany it with Herbed Lamb Chops, Crackling Fish Fillets, or