How true this is. As mum’s we step up to the mark every day, no matter how tired or sick we feel. Mother’s Day is our day. A day where our family acknowledge our strength and love.
Tonight is the Friday night before Mother’s Day, and we’re having a discussion about what the family can cook me for Mother’s Day so I don’t have to be in the kitchen. It got me thinking that perhaps I could provide you with a simple Mother’s Day Menu Plan so your family can give you time off on Mother’s Day. But I wanted your Menu Plan to be extra special – not ooh lala style food, but rather simple food, which will have leftovers so you could include them in the weeks lunchboxes too. How great is that?
For an extra special day, ask your to cook all the meals for the day in the menu plan. If this is a bit of overkill for your family, just get them to choose one or two meals.
Breakfast
- Supersimple pikelets – get them to make a double batch so you have some for the lunchbox
- Topping ideas – peanut butter and banana, yoghurt berries and nuts, berry chia jam and yummy fresh cream
Morning Tea
- Hommus with vegetable sticks and crackers. This makes a lot so there will be spare for the weeks lunchboxes too.
Lunch
- Rice Paper Rolls – the link is for a recipe for tuna rice paper rolls, but you could easily replace this filling with something else, such as poached chicken
Afternoon Tea
- Strawberry muffins – they can make these in advance on Saturday if they wish. This makes 12 so plenty left over for the lunchbox
Dinner
- Spaghetti Bolognaise – the links are for a meat and a vegetarian bolognaise sauce. Turn left over sauce into spaghetti bol muffins.
Dessert
- Raspberry Swirl Chocolate Mud Cake – a delicious fudgy chocolate cake. Add a spoon of double cream and strawberries to the side. If you have them make these in a small muffin tray, you will have plenty for the lunchbox for a few weeks too.
I wish you all a fabulous Mother’s Day. Enjoy basking in the glory of your awesomeness!