Favorite Mother’s Day Brunch Ideas

Make a delicious (and easy) meal for mom with these favorite Mother’s Day Brunch ideas. Each can be made in less than 30 minutes and most are easy enough for the kids to help make them, too!

Mother’s Day Brunch Ideas

I hope that every mother (or care provider, actually) has the chance to feel properly appreciated and celebrated throughout the year. And even more so on special holidays. These recipe ideas are some of my favorite ways to celebrate at the table with delicious flavors and easy methods.

These Mother’s Day Brunch ideas can all be shared with the kids, too, as I know that this holiday is often one that we spend together with our families.

These recipes can be used for breakfast or brunch, and there are a handful of dessert ideas in the mix, too, to round things out. The vast majority of them can even be made as make-ahead breakfasts to help make it possible for whomever is doing the cooking to pull off the prep work.

There are egg recipes, easy muffins, a favorite baked donut, yogurt ideas, easy puddings, and cookies. Pair with your favorite cup of hot coffee for a meal you will, I dearly hope, be able to enjoy from start to finish without interruption.

If you want recipes for kids to cook, that post has more ideas, too.

(You may also like my Favorite Kitchen Gifts, Essential Baking Ingredients, Easy Weeknight Family Dinners, and my Kitchen Essentials.)

What is a good menu for Mother’s Day?

Our favorite type of menu for Mother’s Day (or any special holiday brunch) is one that includes a few easy, but delicious foods such as eggs (or egg muffins), a baked good like muffins or quick bread, fresh fruit, some yogurt, and delicious drinks.

You can make it more complex or simpler as you like and have energy for. And also adjust for food allergies or intolerances.

These recipes below are my absolute favorites to celebrate moms.

Bacon and Egg Muffins

This muffin tin Egg Muffin with Bacon, Egg, and Cheese is a perfect brunch dish—or breakfast for any day of the week—because it has everything you want from classic breakfast flavors in one convenient package. 

Berry Breakfast Cake

Cake for breakfast? Sign all the moms up!

Lemon Blueberry Muffins

Bake a batch of these healthy Lemon Blueberry Muffins for a family breakfast that’s bursting with flavor. They’re less sweet, are packed with berries, and are simple to stir together!

Yogurt Muffins

With a base recipe that bakes up perfectly fluffy and just-sweet-enough muffins, and 6 options to add flavors from fruit, veggies, spices, and chocolate chips, this Yogurt Muffin recipe is as versatile as it is delicious.

Chocolate Chip Muffins

I love a classic muffin recipe and adding more nutrition without sacrificing texture or flavor. And these healthy Chocolate Chip Muffins are a great staple recipe to make again and again for the family.

Fluffy Almond Flour Muffins

Super fluffy and easy to customize for your family, these protein-packed muffins are as nutritious as they are delicious. (They freeze well, too.)

Yogurt Pancakes

Pair these fluffy pancakes–which you can make in any fruit flavor mom likes—with a side of fruit and coffee for a satisfying Mother’s Day brunch option.

Banana French Toast Sticks

Make a batch of these super yummy French Toast Sticks to share with the kids. It’s so much easier to bake French Toast, rather than standing by the stove flipping each slice, and the leftovers store so well for future meals.

Fruit-on-the-Bottom Yogurt

Learn how to make the best fruit-on-the-bottom yogurt with all kinds of fruit flavors—and with less sugar and for less money than buying it at the store. This is a yummy way to flavor yogurt for kids and babies.

Raspberry Lemon Baked Doughnuts

With simple ingredients and fresh flavors, these Raspberry-Lemon Baked Doughnuts are a fun breakfast for a holiday…or any day. They’re easy to stir together and have the brightest fruit flavor!

Yogurt Parfaits

Change up your standard breakfast foods with these healthy (and FUN!) Yogurt Parfaits. These ten flavor combinations are simple, nutritious, and endlessly versatile—and are filled with a balanced mix of protein, probiotics, complex carbohydrates and fruit.

Coconut Chia Pudding

Transform simple ingredients into nutrition-packed Coconut Chia Pudding. It’s a perfect kid’s breakfast or snack that parents will enjoy too. This is an easy Mother’s Day recipe to prep ahead and pull out of the fridge come morning.

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Cake

Celebrate a special occasion (or just a random day!), with this yummy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Cake recipe. It’s basically a giant cookie that bakes up so easily in a cake pan.

Easy Chocolate Mousse

With simple ingredients, zero cooking, and a method that takes about 2 minutes total, this mousse is delish!

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Make a batch of these healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies—loaded with dried fruit, oats, chocolate, and coconut—to share with the family. They’re a perfect dessert or special snack that the kids and the adults in the family will dig into.

Easy Vanilla Cupcakes

These Healthy Cupcakes are light, fluffy, and moist. They’re also less sweet than most conventional cupcakes, both in the cake and in the pretty pink frosting, but they are still SO delicious! 

Smoothie Recipes

Favorite Blueberry Banana Smoothie

Desserts

Healthy Chocolate Cake

Lunch

10 Favorite Vegetarian Lunch Ideas

Muffins

Favorite Raspberry Muffins

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I’d love to hear your feedback on these Mother’s Day brunch ideas, so please comment below!