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Ingredients
- 1 cup wine, Chardonnay (for the cook)
- 10 -16 ounces spinach, Organic Baby Washed (I use a bag or box of organic washed baby Spinach or mixed baby greens)
- 1 cup tomatoes (sweet grape or cherry work nicely, but of course use whatever fresh garden tomatoes you might have)
- 12 cup carrot, baby (whole, sliced, matchstick whatever you feel like that day)
- 14 cup feta, crumbled (more or less)
- 34 cup crouton, garlic and butter (or to your liking)
- 8 slices bacon (Carando Apple cured bacon works best)
- 8 sea scallops
- 3 eggs
- 14 cup vinaigrette dressing (or use whatever is your favorite)
Method
- Pour yourself a glass of your favorite cold beverage and have a sip.
- Wash and pat dry all the vegetables.
- A salad spinner works well for the spinach if you have one.
- Remove any large stems from spinach.
- Cut the carrots how you like them or not at all.
- Arrange all the vegetables nicely in a large bowl or into individual serving bowls.
- Cover, set aside in fridge or otherwise keep cool.
- Preheat the grill.
- Don't forget a sip of your optional ingredient before your hands get messy.
- Cut each scallop in half with the grain.
- Wrap each half with 1/2 slice bacon, and skewer it.
- Place the eggs in a 2 quart saucepan, fill the pan ~2/3 way with cold water.
- Bring the water to boil, reduce heat to low and cook eggs for 12 minutes.
- Remove from the heat, drain and douse with cold water to stop the cooking.
- While the eggs are cooking, grill the scallops in bacon over medium heat until the bacon gets nicely cooked.
- By that time the scallops should be done.
- Done scallops are tender but not mushy.
- If they feel like a pencil eraser, that's probably overdone.
- That said, the bacon wrap seems to keep the scallops from drying out - to a point.
- Get the salad(s) out.
- Add the feta and crutons so it looks pretty (if you're still feeling 'pretty' at this point).
- Take and peel the eggs, slice them and splay the warm slices over the top of the salad(s).
- Remove Scallops from skewers over to top of the salad(s).
- Top with your favorite dressing.
