Sea scallops and green beans

Have you ever noticed that Megan S is all up to date on her blogs and ahead of the game?  I know, I'm envious too.  I am clearly the slacker.  I promise I've been doing cool things to make up for it though!  Like hiking and drinking many margaritas.  Oh, and working too.

If you don't like swears and liberal agendas you'll probably want to skip straight to the recipe.  Just a warning.

As long as we're on our serious story time I wanted to voice my approval for Megan's last post.  I am a hippie dippy liberal tree hugger.  It's true.  I am vegetarian (although for health reasons), force people to recycle, drive a Subaru and FIRMLY believe that any one should be allowed to any one as long as they love one another.  People seem to have all sorts of bullshit arguments as to how same sex marriages are destroying the moral fiber of our society and causing problems but we all know that's a giant load of shit.  People are just scared of what they don't understand and need to find a group to persecute.  Well, assholes, knock it off.

And on to the food :)

You will need:

1/2 shallot, finely chopped
2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
juice of half of a lemon
1/4 cup white wine (I went for pinot grigio cause I wanted to drink it too!)
1 tbsp dijon mustard (stone ground is preferable)
a dash of black pepper
2 quarts water
a decent handful of fresh green beans
1 1/2 tbs butter
1/2 lb sea scallops
1/4 tsp salt

Start out by combining the first 5 ingredients in a bowl with a dash of the pepper.  In the mean time, bring the water to a boil.  You can also use the time while your water is heating to prep your green beans by snapping off the weird ends and getting them into manageable sized pieces.  Once the water is boiling add your beans.  Cook about 3 minutes and then drain 'em.  Melt butter over medium heat and add the shallot mixture and cook for about 1 minute.  Add beans and saute over low heat for as long as it takes the scallops to cook.  In a separate pan heat up a little butter.  Place sea scallops in and lightly dust them with salt and pepper to taste.  Cook about 2 minutes on each side.  One trick with scallops is to cook them for less time than you think.  If you over cook them they get gross and super chewy.  They should be soft on the inside.

Combine everything together and eat up :)  And while you're at it, why not finish that bottle of wine you used while cooking?

Cheers!
Megan J