204/365 - Jim - BigSkinny Salads

( f/14 35mm 1/125 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

This is the first time I have posted more than one photo. My dad works part time for a restaurant called The BigSkinny Hot Dog Shop and is actually the "Big" part of it. I have been working on their web page and today he brought down some food to photograph for it. I took pictures of sandwiches, salads, chicken fingers, soup, and even steak and shrimp. Most of my evening has been cutting images and playing with Photoshop to come up with a way to display the food nicely on the screen. It's coming together slowly but surely.

181/365 - Jim - Bacon Wrapped Fillet

( f/8 27mm 1/125 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

My wife got some fillets for dinner for me to cook. I didn't remember until about 4:30pm when I asked her what was for dinner. I was kindly reminded and told about a smashed red potato recipe that was on her computer. I went to take a look and immediately got started on the potatoes. I don't cook very often, but when I do it is usually something special. Once the potatoes were on the stove, I got the steaks out and cut all the fat off the outside that I could and salt and peppered them. Then I put bacon in the microwave for a minute to get it partially cooked and flat. The steak went onto a pan with butter in it to brown the outside. Then I wrapped the bacon on it with toothpicks and continued to cook with more butter and the lid on the pan. Once the potatoes were done I drained and added the minced sautéed garlic with butter and milk, and then smashed them. The steaks only cooked for about 3 or 4 minutes on each side and then they were removed to rest and get photographed. I took several shots very quickly so I could go eat it. When I got upstairs I added some crumbled blue cheese to the steak because it's so good! The last few steaks I have cooked were overdone, but this one was perfect medium to medium rare, just like I like it. Best meal I've had in a while, even though it took about an hour to make and only 10 minutes to eat.