“Quick Beef Stew with Mushrooms and White Beans Recipe” from Simply Recipes. Eaten with brown rice.

This is good for a weeknight dinner and I would certainly make it again. However, it’s no substitute for a long, slow stew.

“Chard and White Bean Stew” from Smitten Kitchen with whole wheat ciabatta and two eggs.

“Tuscan Steak with Rosemary White Bean Mash” from French Revolution Food. “Sautéed Greens with Pine Nuts and Raisins” from Simply Recipes.

Dinner tonight was one of those monumentally good meals that I think about later and the next day (and the next). It was the holy trinity of weeknight dinners: quick, easy, satisfying. And while I’m no nutritionist, I think it was relatively healthy. But mostly, it tasted super good. There was something utterly perfect-tasting about the filet mignon but adding a smear of white beans to every bite was like icing on cake. The greens were good — I’d certainly make them again — but they were upstaged by the meat and beans. Those beans: I’m already thinking of the next time I’ll make them.