Greek-Inspired Twice-Baked Potatoes with Capers and Feta

A few weeks ago while stumbling around the internets looking at food blogs I came across one with an interesting monthly event. Marc at [ No Recipes ] and Susan at Sticky, Gooey, Creamy, Chewy take turns hosting something they call Dinner and a Movie. Each month one of them picks a movie, and then they challenge their readers and fellow bloggers to cook a dish inspired by that movie.

This month's movie is Shirley Valentine, a movie about a middle-aged British housewife who is in a rut and wonders what happened to her life. Her friend wins a free trip to Greece and brings Shirley along, and while there Shirley begins to take stock of her life. I won't go into any more details about the movie in case you want to see it for yourself.

Creamed Salmon on Toast

While it may sound strange to some of you, creamed salmon on toast was one of my favorite meals growing up. It's warm and creamy, and perfect when accompanied by canned sweet peas. Not fresh peas, not frozen peas, and certainly not any other vegetable. Trust me on this one. Canned peas. As I was making it for dinner the other night I realized it would be great to share as my next blog. I think it's perfect for a nice spring dinner, especially here in New York, where we tend to get random cold snaps as late as June some years. This is a quick dish you can throw together with things you probably already have in your kitchen.

Mexican Ribbon Cookies

Happy Cinco de Mayo! In honor of the holiday I wanted to try out a cookie recipe with a little spice. These Mexican Ribbon Cookies were inspired by Betty Crocker's Crisp Chocolate-Espresso Ribbon Cookies. I made those cookies last week for a get together and they were really easy and tasty so I wanted to come up with some other variations.