4 fantastic Mother’s Day menus

Thea Everett

Deputy editor (audiences) Thea loves to be in the kitchen and has a particular interest in cooking on a budget and deep frying. She thinks Sri Lankan and Indian food is the food of the gods. She looks after the brand’s social channels and newsletter – and contributes features and recipes.

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Whether it’s breakfast in bed, an afternoon tea or three-course feast you fancy whipping up, we’ve put together four enticing menus full of homemade goodies for Mother’s Day.

Choose from our brunch, Italian, vegetarian or afternoon tea menus, and watch as your mum enjoys every bite of your culinary creations.

Breakfast in bed menu

If breakfast is your mum’s favourite meal, treat her to a breakfast cocktail, huevos rancheros and our strawberry madeleines with lemon drizzle…

Peach bellini

Easy huevos rancheros

Strawberry madeleines with lemon drizzle

Italian lunch menu

For the Italian food lover, this lunch menu features a homemade (but low-maintenance) focaccia, slow cooked puttanesca chicken, and a hazelnut tiramisu cheesecake. Not strictly traditional, but all knock-it-out-the-park delicious.

Lazy focaccia

Chicken puttanesca

Hazelnut tiramisu cheesecake

Vegetarian lunch menu

For the vegetarian mother figures, this lunch menu features roasted peppers to start, our showstopping and seasonal wild garlic ravioli, and a frangelico tart. Give this a go and we’re pretty sure you’ll be hearing oohs and ahhs at the table…

Roasted red peppers with basil

Wild garlic ravioli

Frangelico tart

Afternoon tea lunch menu

Okay, we admit this one is for the real lovers of the kitchen, because you’re going to be in there a while… But, for the sweet-toothed mothers and grandmothers, there’s nothing quite as special as our afternoon tea menu. Put on a spread of cheese scones, plus optional finger sandwiches, rhubarb and custard slices and homemade fondant fancies.

Cheese scones

Finger sandwiches

Rhubarb and custard slices

Fondant fancies

Need more Mother’s Day brunch ideas? Discover the rest of our enticing recipes. Or how about the gift that keeps on giving – a subscription to delicious. magazine?