Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a great weekend. My weekends (and most of my spare time) continue to be filled with wedding parties and wedding planning which is the reason for my once a week postings as of late. With less than one month until we leave for St. Lucia, I feel like my “To Do” list grows longer and longer every time I look at it. Married Ladies- Was the month before your wedding crazy busy?
With most of my energy going towards wedding planning, I have been cooking “easy”, “go to” dinners that are in frequent rotation at our house- such as Shrimp Pasta, Homemade Pizza, & Tacos. Kind of boring for blogging purposes so this past weekend I decided it was time for a “new” recipe.
If you like scallops, this recipe is a must try!!! I found the recipe at allrecipes.com. Of course, I made a couple substitutions.
Broiled Scallops
Ingredients
1/2 pound bay scallops
1 tablespoon garlic salt garlic powder
2 tablespoons butter, Smart Balance Light, melted
2 tablespoons lemon juice
I also added 1 tablespoon of paprika
Directions
- Turn broiler on.
- Rinse scallop and place in a shallow baking pan. Sprinkle with garlic salt garlic powder and paprika, melted butter Smart Balance Light and lemon juice.
- Broil 6 to 8 minutes or until scallops start to turn golden. Yields 3 servings.
I served the scallops over whole wheat couscous with roasted asparagus.
Have you tried whole wheat couscous yet? Check out the fiber & protein per serving! Not to mention, it’s delicious 
This dish was absolutely fabulous!!! Cory loved it. Each serving of broiled scallops over whole wheat couscous was 387 calories, 35 gm protein, & 5 gm fat. Switching from regular butter to Smart Balance Light saved almost 50% of calories from fat.
What are some “new” recipes you tried lately?
Kasey
Hey friend, thanks for your comment. And your scallops look amazing! Guess what; I’ve never made scallops. I need to try this. Good luck with the To Do list’ your wedding is going to be beautiful!!
I haven’t tried couscous yet. I know I need to cause you always rave over it. Do you you use it like rice??? This recipe looks good, I never cooked with scallops, I know my husband would like it!!
Good luck with all the planning! We had a pretty low-key wedding, but I remember being super stressed during the last month…
Great dinner! I’ve never had whole wheat couscous, but it’s going on my “must try” list!
HEY GIRL!! i LOVE me some couscous ! esp w. FETA on top
good luck planning..i canot wait to see PICS!
It just so happens that I bought a pound of scallops yesterday! Thanks for giving me a great idea for dinner.
I am so excited for you guys!!! The wedding is coming close. It sounds like it’s going to be a dream.
Love me some ww couscous. ‘so easy too! Month before wedding=madness.
That recipe looks great..and simple! Love it! I have never had whole wheat cous cous. It looks great and I love the stats.
Hope you get everything done before the wedding..then you can just relax and have fun!
Yes! The month before the wedding is crazy…but cross your T’s and dot your i’s now because you want to be a relaxed bride
The scallop dish looks wonderful! I’m a sucker for scallops! Mmm!
I bet the last month before a wedding is stressful. I can only imagine!! But you are going to have a blast. And then St. Lucia?? Boy am I jealous.
I love scallops, and this recipe is right up my alley. I rarely buy couscous, but I’d love to try the whole wheat kind (or at least just taste it, since I don’t eat wheat….). Because of my “no wheat” diet I usually stick to quinoa, which is really similar.
Love Smart Balance light. That’s the only margarine I ever buy!