Get Some Vitamin Sea – Healthy Pan-Seared Scallops

Ingredients

• 12 each scallops (Try MSC-certified President’s Choice® Blue Menu Wild Nova Scotian Sea Scallops )
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 medium-sized bulb fennel (green tops removed)
• 1 medium-sized white onion (outer skins removed)
• 3 stalks celery (Keep yellow leaves for garnish.)
• 2 medium-sized leeks (dark greens removed)
• 1 head garlic
• 2 each bay leaves
• 1 tbsp black peppercorns
• 3 lbs cellery root (peeled and chopped)
• 3 tbsp butter
• 1/2 cup vegetable stock
• 1 lb celery root (chopped into quarter-inch chunks)
• As desired canola oil
• 1 cup vegetable stock
• 1 tsp thyme (fresh)