BLT

What I ate today

Posted by Gary

I’m developing a head cold. The dreaded #ManFlu At lunch time I didn’t even feel like shooting a photograph of the toasted English muffin with congee sandwich.

For breakfast I had spaghetti on an English muffin. I didn’t realise a small tin of spaghetti has almost no saturated fat. A minute on high in the microwave oven and a few minutes for the muffin in the toaster and voila a quick breakfast.

For dinner I struggled to think of something quick and easy. In the end I pulled a beef burger from the freezer. Sure red meat isn’t exactly #LowFat but I cooked it by putting it into my benchtop oven without any oil and just cooked it at 200 °C for 15 minutes. I toasted some linseed and soy bread and made a beef, lettuce and tomato sandwich for tea. I’m particularly pleased with the photograph of the sandwich.

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So what did you have to eat today?

My SLT

Posted by Gary
The SLT | Smoked salmon, lettuce and tomato sandwich | NIKON D7100 with 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 at 29mm and f/8, 1/20sec, ISO 100

Yesterday I made a BLT for lunch and today I went for a SLT.

My BLT | Bacon Lettuce and tomato sandwich | NIKON D7100 with 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 at 42mm and f/5.6, 1/50sec, ISO 100
My BLT | Bacon Lettuce and tomato sandwich | NIKON D7100 with 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 at 42mm and f/5.6, 1/50sec, ISO 100

The SLT is much easier especially if the bread roll is fresh. For mine though, I do like a toasted roll so rather than cooking up some bacon I grabbed a little smoked salmon from a packet and laid it down on a little cream cheese, added the lettuce and tomato and voila there you have it The SLT.

The SLT | Smoked salmon, lettuce and tomato sandwich | NIKON D7100 with 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 at 29mm and f/8, 1/20sec, ISO 100
The SLT | Smoked salmon, lettuce and tomato sandwich | NIKON D7100 with 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 at 29mm and f/8, 1/20sec, ISO 100

 

BLAT Bacon lettuce avocado tomato sandwich

Posted by Gary

This week Liz from Bizzy Lizzy’s Good Things wrote about an ultimate BLT (bacon lettuce tomato) sandwich. It inspired my Saturday lunch. 

While I was thinking of replicating Liz’s version I had some left over ciabatta in the freezer as well as an avocado that needed eating. In my mind there is no point wasting good food. 

Saturday BLAT for lunch. Bacon lettuce avocado and tomato sandwich. With the top off. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/16, 1/8sec, ISO 400
Saturday BLAT for lunch. Bacon lettuce avocado and tomato sandwich. With the top off. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/16, 1/8sec, ISO 400
BLAT Bacon lettuce avocado tomato sandwich
 
Recipe Type: Lunch
Cuisine: Australian
Author: Gary Lum
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Cook time:
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Serves: 1
Ingredients
  • Ciabatta bread
  • Vine ripened tomato
  • Streaky bacon
  • Cos lettuce
  • Avocado
  • Lemon
  • Grapeseed oil
  • Pepper
  • Butter
Instructions
  1. Add a little butter to the bread and grill butter side down in a hot pan until golden brown
  2. Cook the streaky bacon in a bench top oven at 200 °C for 15 minutes
  3. Make an avocado spread with avocado, grapeseed oil, lemon juice and some pepper
  4. Slice the tomato, drain on some kitchen towel and add pepper
  5. Cut the cos lettuce to fit the bread
  6. Apply the avocado spread to the bottom piece of bread
  7. Lay on the lettuce
  8. Lay on the streaky bacon
  9. Lay on the tomato
  10. Shoot a photograph with the top piece of bread artistically positioned over a corner of the sandwich
  11. Shoot another photograph with the rose from my garden
  12. Put some avocado spread on the top piece of bread and put the sandwich together
  13. Cut the sandwich on an angle
  14. Shoot a close up photograph showing all the internal goodness
  15. Eat the sandwich
  16. Wash the dishes
  17. Write the recipe
  18. Blog (verb)
  19. Hope that people like the recipe and the photographs
 

 

Saturday BLAT for lunch. Bacon lettuce avocado and tomato sandwich. The rose is from my garden. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/22, 1/5sec, ISO 400
Saturday BLAT for lunch. Bacon lettuce avocado and tomato sandwich. The rose is from my garden. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/22, 1/5sec, ISO 400
Saturday BLAT for lunch. Bacon lettuce avocado and tomato sandwich. Close up after cutting in half. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 400
Saturday BLAT for lunch. Bacon lettuce avocado and tomato sandwich. Close up after cutting in half. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 400

 
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