seafood

Celebration Lemon Thyme and Brown Butter Scallops

July 13, 2017 by Megan

Lemon Thyme and Brown Butter Scallops need to be your next Friday evening meal at home. Scallops belong to the shellfish group called mollusks and are particularly high in protein while also being low in fat.

These Lemon Thyme and Brown Butter Scallops are fancy. So fancy that you will need to get out your fancy dinnerware for these tasty shellfish. They deserve nothing short of the finest. Take notes here! What’s even better? They are simple to make! A similar and just as awesome meal is this salmon.

My husband and I joke that one day we will be able to eat on dinner-size plates again. I tend to photograph my food on salad plate-size dishes so the food doesn’t get lost on a large dinner plate. So many times we end up eating our meals on salad plates. It’s just kinda LOL hilarious because our kids are eating on plates bigger than ours and they are 3, 4, and 5. However, sometimes for good measure I switch our food to our nice dinner plates so it looks like we are eating more than bird food. It’s just crazy how shooting food on salad plates looks so much better. Thus, for now we will continue to get in our daily dose of good-for-you laughs.

I highly recommend trying out this scallop recipe if you haven’t tried cooking scallops at home before. Scallops are healthy, great-tasting, and will cost a fraction of the price of most restaurants. For me, it was time to celebrate what 3 Scoops of Sugar has become so far. And that is a place on the internet where I have the opportunity to share my favorite recipe successes.

And to you, my readers, who are the most important part of this blog because without you writing would not be as much fun! My latest motto is Cook Like Everyone’s Watching because cooking is one area of my life that the more I cook and create, the more I want to improve, create better next time, and ultimately share with you guys. My cooking hero is me in 1 year. (Thanks Matthew McConaughey for the awesome words!) That motivates me to read, research, and become an expert in the future.

So back to these bada** Lemon Thyme and Brown Butter Scallops. It’s time to bite the bullet and try these out. They are simple enough and why wait to celebrate?!

It’s summer, you’re alive, and these scallops are fantastic!

Celebration Lemon Thyme and Brown Butter Scallops

Megan

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 8

Total Time 13

Course Seafood

Servings 2 Servings

Ingredients

1/2 pound sea scallops
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
5 sprigs lemon thyme
2 teaspoons lemon juice
Coarse salt and black pepper
light brown sugar for serving optional

Instructions

Heat oil in a large pan at just above medium heat.
On a plate, season scallops with salt and pepper.
Add scallops to pan and cook for about 3 minutes or until they have a deep golden brown color on the bottom.
Flip scallops using a metal spatula and add butter and lemon thyme to pan.
Cook scallops in butter for about another 3 minutes. Occasionally lifting pan and angling to keep the scallops cooking in butter sauce. Add lemon juice. Turn heat down if necessary to keep butter from burning.
Serve and pour brown butter sauce over scallops when serving. Top with a light sprinkling of brown sugar.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Bon Appetit

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Best Salmon with Lemon and Thyme

March 27, 2017 by Megan

Best Salmon With Lemon and Thyme first seared in a cast iron skillet and then baked at high heat to achieve the most delicious salmon you have tasted yet!! Served with roasted red potatoes and zucchini.

Life with Little Kids

Oh my gosh you guys! If you love salmon as much as I do then you HAVE GOT to try this awesome and soo easy recipe!

It’s so quick and according to my husband (my main taste tester) this recipe is a 10! And he doesn’t just say that to be nice, if he doesn’t like something he lets me know. 😏 True story.

And the other taste testers in the house are 5 and younger and my 2 year-old usually replies “Um no I don lick that mommy, tha yuckky.”

Have you ever been told off by a 2 year-old? Sometimes I applaud her for doing such a good job of talking in jibberish while attempting to put me in my place. Like the other day I was picking up her doll off the floor when immediately she got upset and started raging that baby was sleeping and I needed to leave her alone or I will go to timeout followed by A LOT of no, no, no mommy.

I didn’t even know what to say! I mean I couldn’t even understand half of what she was saying and the other half had me stuck at the word timeout! My sweet little girl was threatening to put me, her mother, in a timeout.

Kids! They always surprise me.
The trick is to just bring them to some giggles and they forget about the whole thing a minute later. And I can’t let her stay in that sassy mode for too long or she never gets out of it. 😂

Salmon Just Rocks

Yep, my days are filled with 15 piece puzzles, coloring zoo animals, and making the latest and greatest craft that I can find on Pinterest. And I absolutely love it. But that doesn’t mean at the end of the day that I’m not ready for a tried and true grown-up meal. No tator tots (most of the time), No cereal, No crackers, No NO NO. Just a REAL grown-up meal.

That said, I am ready for the Best Salmon with Lemon and Thyme! Or maybe even the Surf & Turf we recently made. That was pretty good too!

And when you do decide to make salmon, you want it to turn out just perfect! And that is what this recipe is all about! The most perfect salmon that is flaky and tender and certainly not dried out…dry salmon is no good.

Salmon Really Is That Good

When salmon is cooked just right, it is one of the best things ever! And it is not a bad idea to add salmon or another type of fish into your diets on a routine basis. It is a great source of protein with less saturated fat when compared to beef so 👉 maybe consider swapping salmon or tuna for that hamburger once in awhile. Your body and mind will benefit.

The omega 3 fatty acid, DHA, may improve memory and if eaten regularly over time may prevent memory problems and possibly even Alzheimer’s. A diet high in fruits in vegetables promotes good memory and is good for your heart too! 😉

Eating fish this tasty…well let’s just say I could eat this more than twice a week!! YUM YUM!!
Plus, the more you eat it this way, the more likely you are to remember to do it!!

Hope you enjoy this!!