Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and if you’re looking for some simple but delicious recipes to surprise your mom, then this post is for you. Here are six healthy and easy-to-make Mother’s Day brunch ideas that even those with zero experience in the kitchen can prepare.
Several savory brunch recipes and a few sweet ones to fit all tastes and preferences. All recipes can be prepared in 15 minutes or less and require minimal dishes and kitchen utensils.
Greek Yogurt Parfait
This recipe is perfect for anyone who wants to surprise their mom but has zero experience in the kitchen. No knives and no actual cooking are required. All you need is some plain unsweetened Greek yogurt, berries, granola, and honey.
Avocado Toast
If you have basic knife skills and a toaster, then you can make this yummy and healthy brunch recipe. All you need is a ripe avocado, toast, and some seasoning.
Salmon Bagel With Hard-Boiled Egg
This recipe looks fancy but is super easy to make. You’ll need some salmon, bagels, cream cheese, hard-boiled eggs, dill, and capers. The most complicated part is cooking a hard-boiled egg. If this is a new skill for you check out the video. I go into detail on how to make perfect hard-boiled eggs. The prettiest of all Mother’s Day Brunch Ideas if you ask me.
Breakfast Salad
This vibrant breakfast salad features fresh arugula, creamy avocado, juicy tomato, and a protein-packed hard-boiled egg, all tossed in a simple yet flavorful dressing of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and a drizzle of tangy balsamic reduction. Mom can start her day with a satisfying and nutritious meal!
Whole Grain French Toast
To make this recipe for whole-grain French toast, you need some kitchen experience but it’s still achievable if you know how to make simple things like fried eggs. Whisk together the mixture of egg and milk, and dip the bread into the mixture before cooking it in a hot pan with butter. Cook the toast on both sides until golden brown and then serve it with fresh berries, chopped nuts, and a drizzle of maple syrup or honey.
Mexican Scrambled Eggs
The recipe for Mexican scrambled eggs requires more experience in the kitchen, but it is still easy to make. To prepare this dish, you need to cut and dice white onion, jalapeño pepper, tomato, and cilantro. Whisk two eggs with salt and pepper, then cook them with the diced vegetables in a preheated pan. Finally, add a handful of cilantro to finish the scrambled eggs, and serve with toast.
Don’t forget to leave the kitchen clean and tidy before you surprise your mom!
Easy Mother’s Day Brunch Ideas
Ingredients
- Greek Yogurt Parfait
- 1/2 cup unsweetened plain Greek Yogurt
- 1/2 cup berries
- 1/4 cup granola
- 2 tsp honey
- Avocado Toast
- 1 slice wholegrain bread
- 1/3 avocado
- sea salt
- 1 Tbsp Everything Bagel Seasoning
- Smoked Salmon Bagel
- 1 sliced hard-boiled egg
- 1 bagel
- 1 Tbsp cream cheese
- 2 oz smoked salmon
- 1 Tbsp fresh dill
- 1 tsp capers
- Breakfast Salad
- 3 cups arugula
- 1/2 diced tomato
- 1/4 sliced avocado
- 1 halved hard-boiled egg
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp Balsamic vinegar
- 1 tsp Balsamic reduction
- sea salt
- pepper
- Whole-Grain French Toast
- 2 slices whole-grain bread
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 tsp butter
- 1/4 cup berries
- 1 Tbsp chopped nuts
- 2 Tbsp maple syrup
- Mexican Scrambled Eggs
- 2 Tbsp chopped white onion
- 1 Tbsp sliced jalapeño pepper
- 1/2 diced tomato
- 2 Tbsp chopped cilantro
- 2 eggs
- sea salt
- pepper
- 1 tsp oil
- 1 slice whole-grain bread
Instructions
- Greek Yogurt Parfait: Add 2 heaping tablespoons of Greek yogurt into a wide glass, drizzle a little honey on top, top with berries and granola and then repeat the process again but drizzling honey at the end.
- Avocado Toast: Toast a slice of bread, then add the flesh of avocado to a bowl and mash with a fork. Add mashed avocado to toasted bread and season with a little sea salt and Everything Bagel Seasoning.
- Smoked Salmon Bagel: Toast the bagel, then add cream cheese to it and top it with smoked salmon, slices of hard-boiled egg, sprigs of dill, and capers.
- Breakfast Salad: Add arugula to a bowl and season with oil, vinegar, reduction, sea salt, and pepper. Then add diced tomato, sliced avocado, and halved hard-boiled egg.
- Whole-Grain French Toast: Whisk egg and milk in a wide shallow bowl until very liquid. Preheat a pan over medium heat until very hot. Add a blob of butter, then dunk the bread into the egg and milk mixture on both sides and then fry in the hot pan for 3 minutes on one side, flip, and fry for 2 minutes on the other. Top with berries and chopped nuts and drizzle with maple syrup.
- Mexican Scrambled Eggs: Chop and dice onion, jalapeño, tomato, and cilantro, and whisk two eggs in a bowl. Preheat a pan over medium heat and once hot add a drizzle of oil and fry the onion and jalapeño first, then add tomato, then egg and scramble. Turn off the heat and add cilantro. Give it a good stir and serve with a piece of toast.
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