Black Beans with "Gnocchi"

Since acquiring my fancy Mexican oregano, I've been reading Rick Bayless more. The dinner I made on Sunday did not call for the oregano, but sounded pretty good anyway. It's basically black beans with chipotle and spinach, and little cornmeal dumplings floated on top. It took the beans about 2 hours longer than he said to get even close to done, but it was very little work. Craig really liked it, particularly because the dumplings remind him of jonnycakes (West Bay jonnycakes, of course). It was good, and definitely healthy, but not super great company food.