Saw gorgeous scallops that looked fresh, as in had never been frozen, at Fred Meyer's yesterday. I was on my way to a doctor appt and had just enough time to stop there for some bananas, which oddly they did not have, and ran into a friend who raved about the scallops. Strangely, she said she bought both scallops and some fresh pink shrimp, and I said sounds great I don't have a dinner plan, and she said she was making chicken and dumplings for dinner. HUH? You're buying fresh seafood--the chicken can't wait?
Anyway, I bought some and wasn't wrong about them being fresh! They were terrific. I just seared them then created a lemony pan glaze that I returned them to for a few moments before putting them over rice. The rice was a nutty blend of brown basmati, red and black rices that smelled fanatastic while cooking.