Iron Chef Glover - Mushroom

I am back down in Dallas...this time for over a week! I got in late Friday night and we've already had some excitement. Saturday night, we went to the Dallas Hockey game with the people on Ryan's engagement. Deloitte got a suite so we had comfortable seat and good food. Plus it was an exciting game with a final score of 3-4...way high for a hockey game. We forgot to take a picture at the game, so we took one when we got back:
Now for the main excitement. We had our second Iron Chef Glover Competition. Our secret ingredient was mushrooms. (oh and FYI, one of our favorite cooking shows, "Hell's Kitchen," starts again April 1st).


I made "Maggiano's Stuffed Mushrooms." The ones from Maggiano's are still way better, but it was a start. Ryan used the mushrooms in a pasta. The champion: ERIN. Yay!!!...which means we are 1-1. We decided I won because my dish highlighted the mushroom better (however, it was bit heavy on the breadcrumb topping). Ryan's pasta dish included gorgonzola cheese and it dominated the flavor so you couldn't tell the mushrooms existed.

For Christmas Scott and Lani got us the Iron Chef Glover Chef's hat, so that's what the reigning champion gets. Here is us right after we finished plating (before we decided I won, so Ryan is still has possession of the hat). We had the dishes share a plate this time around. They look pretty good!
We are planning on having another competition this coming Sunday. We would love some recommendations for the secret ingredient (so we've done mushrooms and chicken so far).