I love bacon.

There I said it.

And because I love bacon I love to try an incorporate it into many of the dishes that I make (it’s a sickness I know). While I may not like it enough to dip it in chocolate or mix it into my cupcake mix (that takes it a little too far if you ask me those people need even more help then I do) I do like to add it when a dish is missing a little something.

A while back I had picked up some fresh scallops that had arrived at the local grocery store and made myself some seafood primavera. While the dish turned out pretty good I felt as though it was missing something. Which is probably why it didn’t turn out to be a post on my blog despite the fact that I took the time to photograph the dish in the first place.

Well this weekend I was looking back though some of my “close but not good enough” meals that I had made in the past and came across my seafood primavera recipe and remembered that there was just something about it that didn’t make me go “YUM!” And for some reason (maybe it was because I had just eaten a bacon filled breakfast) it hit me why not use bacon wrapped scallops?!?

So I ran to the grocery store and got everything that I needed for dinner that night. Then instead of just pan searing the scallops for the pasta primavera I wrapped them in bacon and that definitely did the trick!

Bacon wrapped pasta primavera is now one of my favorite dishes. I think it’s funny how sometimes you can change a dish from okay to fantastic with the addition of one or two ingredients. Maybe this is why I love cooking so much. I love to take recipes and try them out and then think about what I could add or take away to make the dish just a little bit better. While many dishes I make seem to be perfect in nature there are just as many that I feel could use a little tweaking.

This dish is best served with a little white wine on a beautiful fall afternoon. It is light in flavor and hearty enough to fill you up. Jess and I filled ourselves silly with this dish and still had some leftovers!

Bacon Wrapped Scallops Primavera

Ingredients:

• 10 Fresh Scallops
• 10 Slices Hickory Smoked Bacon
• 1 Red Bell Pepper
• 1 Green Bell Pepper
• 1 Yellow Bell Pepper
• ½ Pound Spaghetti Pasta
• ½ cup white wine

Directions:

1. Wrap each scallop with 1 slice of bacon securing with a tooth pick.
2. In a separate pan begin to boil water for pasta.
3. Add Pasta to boiling water cook according to directions.
4. Pan-sear the bacon wrapped scallops until bacon has fully cooked.
5. Slice Peppers and place in pan on medium heat. Add wine and simmer until soft. Approximately 7 minutes.
6. Dain cooked pasta and combine with peppers and wine in a separate bowl. Plate spaghetti and top with bacon wrapped scallops.