I love sea scallops and it takes very little effort to get delicious results. For best flavor seek out the freshest scallops. Before cooking remove the small, tough muscle attached to the side. You can easily double this recipe for four.
Linguini with Sautéed Scallops and Peas
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 2 • Size: 1 cup pasta and 3 scallops • Old Points: 7 pts • Points+: 9 pts
Calories: 367.4 • Fat: 5.8 g • Protein: 26.9 g • Carb: 56.1 g • Fiber: 9.1 g
- 4 oz linguini, whole wheat or low carb
- 1 cup frozen peas, thawed
- 2 tbsp chopped parsley
- 2 tsp butter
- 6 large sea scallops, cleaned
- course salt
- ground pepper
Cook pasta in a medium pot of boiling salted water until al dente, according to package instructions. Reserve 1/4 cup of pasta water before draining. Add peas to the pasta and drain. Return to pot. Add parsley and 1 tsp butter. Stir, adding reserved pasta water a little at a time. Add salt and pepper.
Season scallops with salt and pepper. In a skillet, heat remaining tsp butter over medium flame. Cook scallops until browned on one side, 2 to 3 minutes. Flip; cook until opaque throughout, 30 to 60 seconds more. Serve with pasta.
Gina,
ReplyDeleteThis recipe looks great and I adore scallops! But my DH just can't stand peas :( do you have any other (non-starchy) vegetable suggestions??
C
Asparagus would be nice!
ReplyDeletePerfect, don't know why I didn't think of that one. Thanks for such a quick reply. We both just started WW this past week and I have been huffing and puffing the whole time. I found your blog and now I'm finally excited! I feel like maybe I actually CAN do this and not even feel deprived. Ive never been on a diet before and always have had body image issues. Im feeling so empowered now that I feel like I can control this instead of it controlling me. It has a ton to do with your recipes... I feel like I'm eating foods I love and everyone else is the one missing out. How great is it to full physically AND emotionally full?! Thank you Gina.
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I'm so happy to hear that!! Great attitude to have!! Good luck C!
ReplyDeleteHi Gina. I love all your recipes and am planning to make this one next week. Just a question - I put this in my ww recipe builder and I came up with 8 points per serving. Am I doing something wrong? Is it 1 cup pasta per person or 1/2 cup? Thanks. I can't wait to try this.
ReplyDeleteMonica, so sorry, I made a mistake. Thanks for noticing!
ReplyDeleteI was REALLY hoping your PP was correct :)
ReplyDeleteI made something that a friend gave me the recipe for and it came out pretty bad (not from your website). My husband wanted to know why I dared to use a recipe that wasn't yours. Just thought you'd like to know that. Every single thing I've made from your recipes have been delicious. He's even eating things that he doesn't usually like. I made your turkey chili soup this weekend and he hates chili. LOVED your soup though. You really need to have your own show.
I hate when I make mistakes :( What a sweet comment! I'm so happy you guys like everything!!! And thanks about the show, although being in front of a camera would be very frightening!!
ReplyDeleteMy son told me about skinnytaste, and I found this recipe. Tried it per the recipe the first time, but will try it will assaparagrus the next time.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great "date night" meal especially with a good bottle of white wine. Unfortunately, that ruins the calories, but it make for a great meal.