This is a must try recipe!! Perfect for summer. It can be a treat for breakfast, afternoon tea and even dessert! This recipe uses greek yogurt and olive oil instead of butter or milk! It is so delicious and moist! Maybe even better than Starbucks lemon loaf. Our Nanny, Milly, would have loved this recipe! Lemon Loaf was one of her favorite treats… this is for you, Milly!
We garnished with raspberries and served with raspberry tea… lovely and light!
1. First off, Patty just asked me if this was going to be a Same Page Monday on Tuesday or a Same Page Monday on Monday. Don’t we just love the passive aggressiveness from Patty!! She keeps us in line here over at Milly & Grace Girls…
2. It was a big weekend for the Otts! Saturday, June 21, 2014 was our parents 34th Wedding Anniversary…
our dear friend Julia and Stephen’s wedding day …
which Emily was the Matron of Honor…
Caroline played wedding planner and we were her little helpers!
It was such a beautiful wedding! (There will definitely be a post to come with all the details!) Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Maury!
3. Supposedly I signed up for Match.com. Last week I started getting emails from them saying I have new matches. I just wanted to wish Aott18 from Michigan the best of luck!!!!! Go get em, Tiger! Do our name proud! Invite me to the wedding!
Patty was very intrigued by this… she checked out all the prospects and I saw in my Safari history that she had clicked on one of them! His profile tag line was “Conservative but non – judgmental.” She thinks I should sign up.
4. Let me think if there is anything else that I need to update you on…
5. Still thinking….
6. I can’t believe it is almost July.
7. I made a really delicious lemon loaf cake that I am going to post about later this week! Everyone should try it.
8. Oh and remember the itty bitty kitty we rescued on our walk?! We are happy to report that he was taken in by the lovely lady who runs an organization on Nantucket called Cattrap Nantucket. They rescue strays and help with the feral cat population on the island! Isn’t he just the cutest!!
9. Ok, that’s it!! And it is still MONDAY!
One of the tricks I picked up while living in Australia was how to cut a mango! It comes in handy all the time as mangoes are one of my favorite fruits. They are oh so delicious and refreshing! I know mangoes can be a little intimidating, like lychee fruits or pomegranates. You take one look at them and think, “how in the world are you supposed to eat that!?!”.
Well, I have no clue about pomegranates but I do know about mangoes! Let me show you how I learned to eat a mango!
First, you select your mango.
TIP: The little champagne mangoes are the best! You want them to be soft but firm… does that even make sense!? You don’t want them to be too hard or too soft! You want them to be just right. Smooth, soft and firm. Ok, enough of that.
So you take the mango and stand it up on its side. Then you slice down on either side of the mango seed. You will have 2 mango halves full of mango fruit and then the mango seed center that has a little mango fruit around the outside.
Next step, take the mango halves and gently slice lines lengthwise and crosswise. Making small squares! WARNING: Do not push down too hard! You do not want to pierce through the skin of the mango!! Run the knife up against the mango skin but not cutting through.
And then push the center of the mango skin up… Flipping out all the little squares!
Now it’s finally time to ENJOY!! Bite those little mango squares off!
Be sure to have a napkin handy because mangoes can be very juicy!
The Milly & Grace Girls Blog is a lifestyle blog about Emily, the owner of a cute shop on Nantucket Island called Milly & Grace, Allison, an actress living in Los Angeles, and Caroline, a college student (and future wedding planner) living in Malibu! We are three sisters, and the granddaughters of Milly & Grace. We are The Milly & Grace Girls! We would love it if you would come hang out with us!