Mother’s Day Recipes and 11 Simple Menu Plans
All the Mother’s Day Recipes You Need to Make this Mother’s Day the Best-ever!
Most of us will be celebrating Mother’s day a little differently this year, most restaurants are still closed and for many of us, we won’t be able to be physical with our Mom’s this year. These easy Mother’s Day recipes and menu ideas will make celebrating mom easy-breezy!
Maybe you’ll celebrate with a home-cooked meal or maybe you’ll pack dinner to deliver to Mom and maybe and share a few moments through a glass window with plenty of social distance and masks.
Just because things are different this year doesn’t mean we can’t make this Mother’s Day special.
Flowers may be in short supply, social distance is the norm, and masks are now high fashion.
So we are going to have to get creative. Instead of taking Mom to her favorite brunch spot, brunch will have to come to her.
Maybe this is the year to really slow down and think about how to really connect in ways we always think about but there never seems to be the time.
This year we have the time to celebrate just how special our moms are to us. This is a great year to start new traditions, find new ways to show how much our moms mean to us.
If you are lucky enough to be able to share the day with mom make her favorite meal and if social distance prevents you from visiting with mom make a “safe” meal delivery package (see tips below)vand share the meal over facetime or picnic outside her window.
If your culinary skills are rusty or just need a little inspiration I’ve collected 11 Mother’s Day recipes into simple to prepare menus to make it easy to cook a meal that will delight mom.
I’ve collected everything from a fun jazz brunch to a backyard barbeque or a happy go lucky picnic.
The weather is starting to beautiful and getting outside after weeks of confinement will be good for the soul.
You’re sure to find the perfect Mother’s day recipes and a complete meal plan for any lifestyle plan
They are all super easy, using ingredients that are probably already in your pantry or should be readily available, and totally stress-free.
Safely Prepare and Deliver Food
Tips to Prepare and Deliver Food without Transmitting COVID-19
No one wants to accidentally give someone this horrible virus and there are steps you can take to reduce the possibility of infecting someone by following some simple guidelines.
**this is not completely 100% foolproof, so if your loved one is exceptionally frail or is immune-compromised consult their physician delivering food.
#1 Wash your hands after every step and if you accidentally touch an unsanitized surface.
#2 Sanitize your cook space before beginning to prep and cook.
#3 Sanitize your cooking utensils
#4 For extra safety wear gloves when prepping.
#5 Store and deliver food in disposable containers and use disposable bags to transfer food
#6 No contact during delivery – leave food outside the home
#7 Recommend your recipient transfer the meal to their own serving containers + dispose of delivery containers and any bags they came in.
#8 Recipients should also wash their hands after disposing of containers and bags.
Relax and enjoy.
A Word About Entertaining Safely in the Coming Months
Taking the input of family and friends, we’ve worked out our own plan for getting together and limiting everyone’s exposure. I’m not a germaphobe. So this is very unnatural for me.
But this is better than not being able to see close (really close) friends and family.
#1 I sanitize all door handles before everyone arrives
#2 Everyone washes their hands when they walk in the door
# 3 No shared dishes
If I’m making my fav chicken mole enchilada casserole, I make everyone an individual serving. Over the years I’ve collected a variety of ramekins and small individual size casserole dishes. So I’ve dragged them out and ordered a an additional set from of 10 oz oval baking dishes from Amazon.
My obsession with little bowls is coming in handy here (I told my husband we needed them), so we’ll serve the pico de gallo and anything else that would ordinarily be shared in individual bowls. Easy.
#4 Gather and eat outside
We are super lucky here in Florida to have amazing weather and the heat and humidity are still holding off. We’ve rearranged our outdoor space to create more shade. Our lanai (patio) is covered so we can eat outside even if it’s raining.
#5 No cloth towels
We are using paper towels to dry our hands after our 20-second hand washes.
#6 Spray touched surfaces (like handles on faucets and flushers) with Lysol spray
Super simple and easy.
#7 Use disposable plates and utensils (when it makes sense)
Everyone disposes of their own plate
#8 Everyone cleans there own dish and puts it in the dishwasher
This just eliminates another surface that could spread germs.
#9 Use the dishwasher “Sanitize” setting
#10 Relax and enjoy each other
Mother’s Day Recipes + Menus
Fresh & Healthy Mother’s Day Breakfast Menu
This is the perfect menu to celebrate the Mom who loves fresh juices and eating healthy. This features a fresh fruit juice bar and Mermaid Smoothie Breakfast Bowls + blueberry lemon scones.
