Seared Scallops with Soy-Ginger Sauce

This is an easy and fast meal to make, not to mention absolutely delicious.

I found this recipe in a Weight Watchers 5 ingredient, 15 minute recipes cookbook that was given to me by my grandmother. She recommended it because all of the recipes in this book are quick enough to make on any night that you don't have a lot of time to cook, which for most of you, is every night.

By the way, the cookbook gives you the Weight Watchers points values for each recipe. So if you are following WW, the PointsPlus value is 4.

Seared Scallops with Soy-Ginger Sauce

Serves 4 people

Ingredients you will need:

3 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce

2 tablespoons chopped green onions

1 tablespoon honey

1 tablespoon chopped peeled fresh ginger root

1/8 tsp crushed red pepper

1  1/2 pounds large sea scallops, about 12 scallops (I made this for just Nick and I so I used 8 scallops-4 for each of us)

1/4 tsp sea salt

1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper

cooking spray (I used a little drizzle of extra virgin olive oil)

green onions as a garnish (optional, I really just garnished this for the picture but if you're having company it's a nice touch)

Combine soy sauce and next 4 ingredients in a bowl.

Pat scallops dry with paper towels (this gets rid of excess moisture and allows them to brown when searing), sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray (or olive oil in my case). Add scallops to pan, and cook 3 minutes on each side until browned. Transfer scallops to a platter. Drizzle with soy sauce mixture. Garnish with green onions, if you'd like.

I recommend a white wine with this recipe, such as sauvignon blanc or pinot grigio.

Serve with carrots and brown rice.