Ambitious Deliciousness – Dont Eat Lazy.

This is a combination of two separate recipes I’ve seen on my food blog reading journey. The scallop dish was adapted from Recipezaar, while the bacon + asparagus is from the infamous food blog, Serious Eats.

My alertness level wasn’t as high as it should have been, after a long day of work and play, I set my sights on this meal beginning at 10 pm. That’s right. Can you imagine my neighbors, getting ready for bed and then thinking, why do I want to eat bacon all of a sudden?

I blame the slightly burnt scallops on myself. It had a bitter aftertaste that I didn’t care for too much. The heat was turned up way too high. What I did enjoy, however, was the flavors of the crispy bacon with the tangy asparagus, paired with the softness of boiled eggs. 
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Remember that song that goes, “I’m just mad about Saffron…Saffron’s mad about me….” It’s called Mellow Yellow by Donovan. Anyone remember? Whenever I hear the word saffron, I think of that song. I never even knew what it looked like.. until now!

My cousin J and her hubs J came over the other night with a dutch oven, along with a bunch of ingredients for paella. What kind of guests bring the ingredients and dessert, and help cook the meal? :) The best guests ever!

By the time we were done cooking, we were famished. So we broke out a bottle of wine and ate very happily. It was sooo good!

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