Fancy, Simple, Mango Dessert

Yesterday it was my boyfriend's dad's birthday, and we didn't know what to get him. We decided to make him something from a recipe, and we knew he loves mangoes so we tried to find something on the internet. There weren't many mango desserts that were quick and easy to make, and also good looking. So we dropped into our supermarket and found a pamphlet on mangoes and *luckily* on the back there was a picture of some sort of mango and yoghurt dessert in a glass! It looked really good so we decided to make it! Considering there aren't a lot of mango recipes out there like the ones we were looking for, I'll show you the steps below:

Recipe makes: 2 large wine glasses full of the dessert.
Overall Time: 20-30 mins, very easy!

You Will Need:

1. Four mangoes (we used Calypso)

2. Greek Yoghurt (Mango flavoured) about 500 grams



3. Passionfruit Pulp in Syrup



4. 2 Large wine glasses

5. Glad wrap/plastic wrap

6. Spoons & knives!


STEP ONE:

Cut your mangoes using a large knife around the pip, so that you get two halves off of each mango.
Then use (preferrably) a smaller knife to cut criss-crossed lines into each half, making what looks like a checkerboard.



STEP TWO:

Use your hands to turn the mango halves inside out, making the squares pop outwards.



STEP THREE:

Use a small knife to slice the squares off the mango skin, putting all squares of mango into a bowl.





STEP FOUR:

Start adding the ingredients to the wine glasses.
Firt add a spoonfull of mango squares to the bottom.
Then drizzle some passionfruit pulp onto the mangoes, trying to get some of the seeds next to the glass, so that they are visible from the outside (purely for good presentation). You could also use passionfruit pulp straight from the actual fruit but I find it's a bit time consuming and costly.



On top of this, spoon some greek yoghurt forming a relatively thick layer.



STEP FIVE:

Repeat STEP FOUR until the glass is basically full.

STEP SIX:

I like to finish it off with a layer of mangos and passionfruit pulp, and then a smaller dollop of yoghurt in the middle of the mangoes. I then drizzle some more passionfruit over the yoghurt and mangoes, ensuring some seeds are seen on the top of the yoghurt for presentation.



STEP SEVEN:

Be sure to cover the top of your wine glass with glad/plastic wrap and keep in the fridge in a SECURE place, or you will run the risk of the glass falling out and smashing (yes this happened to me).

You have completed your dessert, repeat all steps to make the second wine glass full. You should have used up most of your yoghurt and all of your mangoes, depending on the size of your wine glasses of course. You can save the rest of the puassionfruit pulp for a pavlova or fruit salad.

My Quilt

My mum pretty much forced me to accompany her to patchwork quilting lessons every Wednesday night when I was in year 8 or 9, so about 3 or 4 years ago now. Our project was the 'Shaggy Quilt' and although I was fairly embarrassed about these lessons and hid them from most people, and although I sometimes dreaded the lesson as it approached, I was secretly thrilled at the idea of finishing my own quilt, which looked pretty damn cool in the photos we saw as at the beginning, to be honest. Just the thought of having my own quilt which i made all on my own and having this as an accomplishment of mine was enough motivation to keep pinning and sewing the squares together!! But once the lessons ended I never finished my quilt...
Until two weeks ago when I decided to bring the quilt out again and finish it. It had been popping up in my mind for the past few months and I'd been getting really excited to finish it, so YAY its now finished and I love it!!!

(Oh and you can click on the images for a HUGE full size photo, which is particularly handy for taking note of the frayed and matted "shagginess")







My beautiful (and FIRST ever) quilt :)

First Post

So this the first of (hopefully) many posts to come!
Ok so let me launch into a description of my life at the moment in a nutshell...
I am an Australian 18 year old and I've just completed year 12 and I am on the long holidays without ANY deadlines to meet or nagging voices in the back of my head tugging on my carefree state of mind and dragging it down... I have no homework or tasks required of me and I am in the most creative mood ever! I honestly feel like I am getting in touch with an inner 70 year old, the kind that spends their days on a couch or in bed sewing or reading a novel! I know, I sound like the biggest nerd but I promise you I'm really not! I don't know what has come over me!!
I now have the idea of spending my time creatively, making things, selling things, buying things, exploring the world, and documenting it all here!!
I'll post photos all the time and keep you up to date with everything I'm doing. Also, don't be afraid to comment me at all, I'm nice :)

La'mill.