Cheesy Bruschetta Portabello Mushrooms

I've always enjoyed, but lately I've started to try more gourmet mushrooms and now I'm a touch obsessed
So I bought a couple of portabellos the other day with the intention of trying another Pinterest recipe
And then completely veered off on my own path to make what we're going to call Cheesy Bruschetta  Portabellos

Although mine were slightly burned around the edges {I thought I might have killed them for a second, folks}
They were purely and simply delicious
And they totally rock as a vegetarian entree, but could also be a fun side dish too
 

Cheesy Bruschetta Portabello Mushrooms

Ingredients

4 large portabello mushrooms

2-3 tblspns olive oil

Salt & pepper

1 can seasoned diced tomatoes

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp onion powder

1 tblspn balsamic vinegar

1/2 cup gorgonzola cheese

1-2 tblspns mozzarella cheese

First off, turn your oven all the way up to broil.

Next, you have to clean up those mushrooms.  Pull off the stems and put them aside, and then use a spoon to scoop off the gills.  Ew.  Gills.

Brush the mushrooms with olive oil on both sides, and sprinkle salt and pepper on top.  Put them on a baking sheet and pop them in the heated broiler for about 5 minutes {any more and they'll probably get crispy like mine did}.

While they're heating up, we'll make the filling.
Dice up the stems of the mushrooms that you held aside earlier and put them in a bowl.  Drain and lightly rinse the tomatoes and pop them in too.  Add garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper, gorgonzola and balsamic and stir it all up.

Once the mushrooms are hot and toasty, pull them out and reset the oven for 350 degrees.
Fill the mushroom caps with your new yummy bruschetta-y mixture and top with mozzerella.

Pop them back in the oven and cook for 5-10 minutes.

Remove them from the oven and eat them piping hot.

These things were so darn good that my mouth is watering just thinking of them
I may need to make them again next week...
Enjoy!
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Photo Love {& Shutterfly Long Live Summer Sweepstakes}

So I took about 500 photos on my vacation
Because I'm crazy
...about pictures.

I'm the unofficial photographer at every event with family and friends
And I take pictures of everything.
I used to struggle with keeping them all organized until I feel in love with Shutterfly
All of my photos are uploaded on their site, kept in the correct folder, and so super easily used for photo books, holiday cards, photo gifts and more

Shutterfly is celebrating summer with the awesome Shutterfly Long Live Summer Sweepstakes
A multi-week {we're in week 4 of 5 now so get movin!  sorry I'm late to the party...}, summer themed photo contest with tons of fab prizes
All you have to do is upload you fav photo on the week's theme and you could win a four night trip for four to the Bahamas!
{let's not lie, I'll be entering too!}



Here's the deets:

Long Live Summer – Facebook Photo Contest details (US residents only)

Win a trip for four to The Bahamas and a professional photo shoot so you’ll remember your vacation forever.  All you need to do is upload your favorite photo and caption based on the theme of the week.  Get a gift from Shutterfly just for entering! You can enter at any point during the 5-week sweepstakes period.

PHOTO THEMES

•       Week 1(7/9): Americana - ended

•       Week 2 (7/16): Great Outdoors - ended

•       Week 3 (7/23): Water Fun – ended

•       Week 4 (7/30): Sports & Activities - enter now!

•       Week 5 (8/6): Parties & Celebrations

 

PRIZES

•       Instant win prizes just for submitting a photo!

•       Weekly prizes (contestants can enter one time/week)

•       Weekly featured photos: up to 5 weekly entries will be selected from the gallery and featured on the Facebook fan page.

•       Grand prize: trip for 4 to Bahamas, 4 nights, family photo shoot

So enter now and show them everything that has made your summer sweet!


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*Friday Fabulousness* Party People

It's back to the grind people.
I can't believe my vacation is over and I've been back to work for a whole week.
Yuck.
Luckily, I can pretend that I'm working on Pinterest by looking at pictures of fabulous parties
Sometimes being an event planner is awesome.
{find me on Pinterest at rachelmh}

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A Makeup Experiment

This post brought to you by Revlon. All opinions are 100% mine.
I usually don't wear a ton of makeup
I'll swipe on some eyeliner, mascara and powder and call it a day
And I realized that I needed a new pop to my look.

So when Revlon wanted me to check out their new line, I jumped at the opportunity
I was so excited to incorporate all of the fun stuff into my own Revlon Expression Experiment
From the makeup primer, which makes you face look perfect and all of the rest of your makeup stay on forever,
To the bold red lipstick, dramatic eye shadow, and fun, flirty orange nail polish.

With just a few fun tweaks to my makeup, I was ready to go
My old drab clothes felt revitalized by the pops of color on my face
And I was excited to go out and show it off.

I never thought I was a red lipstick girl but this gloss changed my mind.  I wore it a ton on my vacation and it instantly brought my whole look from cute to totally faboosh!
I felt beautiful and empowered thanks to Revlon and you can too
Join the movement of self express with the Revlon Expression Experiment facebook app and link up the posts with your fun expressions in my comments below!

Go crazy
Feel beautiful
Have fun!

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Mexico

So we went on vacation.
And it was awesome.
Here are some of my fav photos from the week 

{more details coming as soon as I can shake off my vacation hangover and get back into the real world...} 

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Cilantro Butter Scallops {Recipe}

I love scallops
I wish that I could justify having them more than once every 394203984 years
But they cost about a bajillion dollars
{we're exaggerating a little over here today}

So I bought them with the intention of making this deliciousness from Kalyn's Kitchen
And promptly decided that it's not worth making scallops if they're not buttery and fattening
And so I came up with this
And it was perfect.

 Cilantro Butter Scallops

Ingredients

Scallops

8-10 large scallops

2-3 tblspns butter

1 tblspn preminced garlic

Salt & pepper

Cilantro Salsa

3/4 of a bunch of cilantro

4-5 green onions

1 tspn red wine vinegar

1 tblspn lime juice

1 tblspn olive oil

2 tblspns water

1/2 tspn hot sauce

Salt & pepper

Cilantro Lime Rice

2-3 tblspns lime juice

1/4 of a bunch of cilantro

2 cups cooked white rice

Salt & pepper 

Phew.  Ok this one is a little more complicated than most of my recipes, but it's totally worth it.

First, let's make your cilantro salsa topping.  Pull all of the leaves off of the cilantro, chop the green onions into smaller pieces, and pop them into the food processor with all of the rest of the salsa ingredients.  Pulse until combined, then set aside.

Next, put your white rice on to boil.  Chop your cilantro while you're waiting.  When it's cooked and done, add lime juice, cilantro and salt and pepper and mix thoroughly.  Taste and feel free to add more of whatever you feel is necessary to make it taste just like the stuff from Chipotle.  Set aside.

Finally, we're going to cook those yummy scallops.  Melt the butter and garlic in a frying pan and set those puppies in there once it's nice and hot.  Let them cook on one side until they're starting to brown {5-8 minutes} and then flip them over and let them cook on the other side.  Throw some salt and pepper on top of each side while it's cookin.

You're nearing the finish line!
Grab a plate and lay down a bed of rice,
Then some lovely scallops,
Then scoop some scrumptious salsa on top

And voila! 
A lovely meal, completely deserving of your uber expensive scallops.

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