Honey Walnut Scallops

Our friends took my husband and I out to dinner about a month ago and I had scallops for dinner. They were so good that I seriously haven't stopped thinking about them. So I decided I would just make them myself.  I've been seeing recipes on the Internet for honey walnut shrimp which my husband and I both love.  So I revamped this recipe so I could eat the yummy scallops guilt free!! This recipe has so many great things About it that I can't hardly wait to make it again.  For example, it literally took me 8 minutes to make this dinner!! Seriously how can you beat that! Or how about you only need 5 ingredients for this entire recipe! Or that it is absolutely delicious and divine and will melt In your mouth leaving you wanting more. Yep! It is fantastic and I LOVED it! Ok.  So enough of my rambling. Here is the deal. If you don't like scallops you can always make this with shrimp. You could also do shrimp and scallops together! You could also double the sauce recipe so that you can pour extra sauce over any vegetable, quinoa, or brown rice if you want to add to your plate!! Yum!!!! Now go make this recipe!!! 

For sauce: 

3 Tbl. Butter (ghee)

3 Tbl. Honey

3/4 Cup Coconut Cream

1/2 Walnut Pieces 

Salt & pepper 

Melt butter and coconut cream then wisk in honey. 

Salt and pepper and then add in walnut pieces. 

Keep warm while you pan sear your scallops. Easy right!!!?

Scallops: 

1 lb scallops 

3 Tbl butter or (ghee)

Salt & pepper

Add the butter to a 12 to 14-inch saute pan on high heat. Salt and pepper the scallops. Once the butter is hot gently add the scallops, making sure they are not touching each other. 

Sear the scallops for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes on each side. The scallops should have a golden crust on each side while still being translucent in the center. 

 

Serve immediately.  Pour you honey walnut sauce over the pan seared scallops and then indulge!! Serve over quinoa or brown rice or with a side of veggies. 

Enjoy- Rachel

Peppermint Chocolate Protein Balls

I've been seeing all these recipes for protein balls and I was kinda like, "what the heck do you need a protein ball for?"  But they looked kinda good so I thought I would try it. I reviewed a few recipes and took a little bit from a couple different ones and well made my own.  I have digestive issues with Whey Protein so I ended up making mine with Hemp Protein. I think if you can tolerate Whey then they would probably be that much better because typically Whey tastes better anyways. Now these protein balls are not baked so they have kind of a thicker cookie doughish texture to them. You keep them in the refridgerator and just take them out as needed. So I have to say I'm kind of a fan of Protein balls now. For one, they are pretty tasty and they are extremely convenient when you need a snack. For two,  when your tempted to eat something bad they are just right there for eating so you don't put something in your mouth that you will regret later. Brad even liked them which is a big plus!  So it's  a super healthy little snack of Protein and Omegas with the Chia seeds and you get a little coconut and dark chocolate in the mix. Oh and peppermint.  Definetly don't forget the peppermint!!  I swear it makes everything good! 


Ingredients:
1/2 cup Coconut flour
1 scoop Chocolate Protein Powder (or 4 Tbsp of Hemp Protein)
1 cup Coconut Milk
4 tsp Natural Cocoa Powder
1/4 cup Chia Seeds
1 Tbsp Cinnamon
1/4 tsp of Natural Vanilla Essence
1/4 tsp of Peppermint Essence
2 Tbsp honey
1 Tbsp Coconut Palm Sugar
1/2 cup Shredded Coconut 
100% Dark Chocolate for drizzling 

So basically your going to put in a bowl all your dry ingredients then add the Coconut milk and vanilla and peppermint and honey.  I just took a butter knife and started slicing through and mixing the ingredients together then moved to a fork and made sure everything was super mixed. If you have a food processor this would probably be a great time to use it but I'm still in need of one.  Now it should be like cookie dough, thick enough to stay together and moist enough to not crumble apart. So if you find yours is crumbly add more coconut milk. And if you think it's to moist add more protein powder or even coconut flower.  They aren't going to be baked so make them to a consistency that they will stay in a ball. Then roll them in your shredded coconut, drizzle with your melted dark chocolate and place in the refridgerator. And eat whenever your feeling like you need a protein ball :)
Enjoy!
-Jessica