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These Mother’s Day brunch ideas will help you plan and execute a wonderful spread for the lovely lady in your life.   

A collection of mother's day brunch ideas.

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We LOVE breakfast food and any excuse to have it! Brunch is the perfect time to enjoy savory or sweet, breakfast or lunch!

We usually have a big gathering on Mother’s Day to celebrate the women in our lives, and that always includes plenty of good food. We have our favorite Mother’s Day brunch recipes to make the day extra special!

We’ve included classic brunch staples like Cinnamon Rolls and Eggs Benedict, along with a variety of easy breakfast ideas and breakfast casserole recipes.


Our Top 10 Mother’s Day Brunch Ideas

1 Best Quiche Recipe

A slice of the best quiche recipe on a white plate.
Best Quiche Recipe
Total Time: 1 hour

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This is the best quiche recipe—quick to prep, easy to customize, and perfect for a savory breakfast or brunch!
5 from 649 votes
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2 Coffee Cake Recipe

The best coffee cake recipe cut and served on a white plate.
Coffee Cake Recipe
Total Time: 55 minutes

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With a quick prep, this crowd-favorite homemade coffee cake recipe is a delicious go-to for any breakfast, brunch, or celebration!
4.99 from 2543 votes
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3 Buttermilk Waffles

Buttermilk Waffles
Total Time: 20 minutes

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There's nothing better than big, fluffy buttermilk waffles first thing in the morning! This will be your new favorite breakfast recipe!!
4.99 from 403 votes
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4 Breakfast Casserole

Breakfast Casserole
Total Time: 30 minutes

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This easy breakfast casserole is loaded with biscuits, eggs, and sausage for a hearty, crowd-pleasing meal—ready in just 30 minutes!
4.98 from 721 votes
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5 French Toast Casserole Recipe

French Toast Casserole Recipe
Total Time: 5 hours

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This best-loved French toast casserole is perfect for making ahead of time! It's eggy with a hint of cinnamon.
5 from 3399 votes
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6 Breakfast Charcuterie Board Ideas

Breakfast Charcuterie Board Ideas
Total Time: 15 minutes
A Breakfast Charcuterie Board is the perfect way to start the day. With a little something for everyone, it's sure to be a hit!
5 from 8 votes
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7 Best Scone Recipe

Best Scone Recipe
Total Time: 35 minutes

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Filled with pops of juicy blueberries, this best scone recipe is flaky, buttery, and easy to make! They're perfect for breakfast and brunch.
5 from 44 votes
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8 German Pancakes

German Pancakes
Total Time: 25 minutes

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Light, fluffy, eggy German pancakes are a family favorite. They're EASY to make, and use 5 simple ingredients!
4.98 from 161 votes
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9 Sausage Breakfast Casserole

Sausage Breakfast Casserole
Total Time: 22 minutes

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This savory sausage breakfast casserole is flaky, filling, and delicious! It's also ready in under 30 minutes!!
5 from 514 votes
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10 Frittata Recipe

Frittata Recipe
Total Time: 25 minutes
Fluffy frittata stuffed with asparagus, ham, and parmesan cheese. It's a breakfast dream—so simple and delicious!
5 from 6 votes
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More Mother’s Day Brunch Recipes

11 Yogurt Parfait Board Recipe

Yogurt Parfait Board Recipe
Total Time: 25 minutes
Ready in minutes and completely customizable, this Yogurt Parfait Board is perfect for breakfast, brunch, or dessert!
5 from 3 votes
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12 Pancake Recipe

Pancake Recipe
Total Time: 15 minutes

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For delicious homemade pancakes, this easy pancake recipe is the perfect base for your favorite toppings and variations!
5 from 285 votes
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13 Broccoli Quiche

Broccoli Quiche
Total Time: 1 hour

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This cheesy broccoli quiche is savory, filling, and flavorful for a quick and easy semi-homemade breakfast or brunch idea!
5 from 26 votes
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14 Swedish Pancakes

Swedish Pancakes
Total Time: 35 minutes

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Handed down for generations, this homemade Swedish pancakes recipe is the softest, and most delicious. Add a sweet or savory filling!
5 from 183 votes
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15 Sausage Breakfast Casserole

Sausage Breakfast Casserole
Total Time: 22 minutes

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This savory sausage breakfast casserole is flaky, filling, and delicious! It's also ready in under 30 minutes!!
5 from 514 votes
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16 Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole

Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole
Total Time: 1 hour

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Cheesy hashbrown breakfast casserole is one of our ALL-TIME favorite savory breakfast dishes! It feeds a crowd and preps in 15 minutes.
5 from 103 votes
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17 Sausage Cream Cheese Casserole

Sausage Cream Cheese Casserole
Total Time: 25 minutes

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With only 3 ingredients and minutes to prep, this sausage cream cheese casserole is a savory favorite for feeding a crowd effortlessly!
5 from 205 votes
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18 Crescent Roll Breakfast Casserole

Crescent Roll Breakfast Casserole
Total Time: 40 minutes
This hearty crescent roll breakfast casserole is savory and cheesy, easy to assemble, and bakes in under 30 minutes!
5 from 15 votes
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19 Easy Crepe Recipe

Easy Crepe Recipe
Total Time: 5 minutes
Homemade Crepes cook up in only 1-2 minutes each!! Fill or top with your favorites for a delicious dinner or dessert.
5 from 8 votes
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20 Buttermilk Waffles

Buttermilk Waffles
Total Time: 20 minutes

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There's nothing better than big, fluffy buttermilk waffles first thing in the morning! This will be your new favorite breakfast recipe!!
4.99 from 403 votes
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21 Blueberry French Toast Casserole

Blueberry French Toast Casserole
Overnight blueberry french toast casserole preps in 10 minutes for an indulgent, hot, and no-fuss breakfast – perfect for holidays!
5 from 15 votes
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22 Easy French Toast Recipe

Easy French Toast Recipe
Total Time: 15 minutes

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Is there anything better than fluffy french toast topped with syrup, fresh berries, and dusted with powdered sugar? You are going to love this classic breakfast recipe!
5 from 16 votes
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23 Creme Brulee French Toast Recipe

Creme Brulee French Toast Recipe
Total Time: 35 minutes

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Creme Brulee French Toast – delicious overnight French Toast recipe that has a tasty caramel coating on one side!
4.97 from 30 votes
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24 Cinnamon Roll French Toast Casserole

Cinnamon Roll French Toast Casserole
Total Time: 6 hours 50 minutes

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Quick prep cinnamon roll French toast casserole has all of the goodness of warm cinnamon rolls, with the ease of an overnight casserole.
4.99 from 255 votes
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25 Breakfast Ring Recipe

Breakfast Ring Recipe
Total Time: 35 minutes

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Cheesy Breakfast Ring – delicious cheesy, bacon and pepper-filled eggs inside a ring of delicious crescent roll dough. Its our new favorite breakfast recipe!
5 from 14 votes
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26 Breakfast Hand Pies Recipe

Breakfast Hand Pies Recipe
Total Time: 21 minutes
Simple and delicious crescent dough Breakfast Hand Pies are perfect for breakfast! They are easy to make and completely customizable.
5 from 7 votes
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27 Omelette Recipe

Omelette Recipe
Total Time: 15 minutes

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A simple yet delicious Omelette is a hearty and filling egg recipe, perfect for breakfast, and completely customizable.
5 from 3 votes
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28 Chilaquiles Recipe

Chilaquiles Recipe
Total Time: 20 minutes

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Add a little spice to your breakfast with this authentic chilaquiles recipe – a Mexican classic that's on the table in only 20 minutes!
5 from 20 votes
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29 Toad in the Hole

Toad in the Hole
Total Time: 6 minutes

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Toad in a hole is toasted bread with an egg cooked into the middle. Just 3 ingredients for a simple breakfast classic!
5 from 36 votes
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30 Fruit Salad Recipe

Fruit Salad Recipe
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

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This fruit salad recipe includes an array of colorful and healthy fruits, making it a delicious side dish for any meal.
5 from 52 votes
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31 Cherry Danish Recipe

Cherry Danish Recipe
Total Time: 25 minutes

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This easy Cherry Danish is made from puff pastry dough filled with a sweetened cream cheese mixture and topped with cherry pie filling.
5 from 24 votes
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32 Cinnamon Bites Recipe

Cinnamon Bites Recipe
Total Time: 30 minutes

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Ooey gooey Cinnamon Bites taste just like cinnamon rolls, but are SO much quicker! They are a tasty make-ahead breakfast.
4.99 from 78 votes
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33 Easy Cinnamon Roll Recipe

Easy Cinnamon Roll Recipe
Total Time: 52 minutes

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This easy cinnamon roll recipe is smothered with homemade cream cheese frosting and best of all, ready in only ONE hour!
4.97 from 140 votes
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34 Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes

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These homemade cinnamon rolls are an ALL-TIME favorite. These rolls always get rave reviews from anyone who tries them!
5 from 29 votes
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35 Apple Crescent Dumplings Recipe

Apple Crescent Dumplings Recipe
Total Time: 38 minutes
Flaky butter crusted apple crescent dumplings are spiced to perfection. They are warm, cozy, and melt-in-your-mouth tasty!
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36 Cinnamon Roll Cake

Cinnamon Roll Cake
Total Time: 40 minutes

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Cinnamon roll cake is a favorite breakfast treat in cake form. With a quick prep and cook time it's on the table in only 40 minutes!
5 from 219 votes
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37 Hash Brown Egg Cups Recipe

Hash Brown Egg Cups Recipe
Total Time: 35 minutes
Hash brown egg cups are a creative and yummy way to combine two tasty breakfast foods into one. These are perfect for a breakfast gathering with friends and family.
5 from 32 votes
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38 Puff Pastry Sausage Rolls

Puff Pastry Sausage Rolls
Total Time: 25 minutes

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Savory puff pastry sausage rolls are deliciously addicting and ready in under 30 minutes. They make a tasty breakfast or appetizer!
4.93 from 26 votes
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39 Orange Muffins Recipe

Orange Muffins Recipe
Total Time: 36 minutes
Bright & vibrant orange muffins topped with zesty orange glaze are absolutely delicious! They're perfect for breakfast or dessert.
5 from 9 votes
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40 Lemon Crumb Muffin Recipe

Lemon Crumb Muffin Recipe
Total Time: 30 minutes
Soft and delicious Lemon Crumb Muffins are topped with buttery crumbs and a delicious lemon glaze, making them irresistible!
4.70 from 13 votes
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41 Cinnamon Roll Muffins Recipe

Cinnamon Roll Muffins Recipe
Total Time: 28 minutes
Delicious Homemade Cinnamon Rolls Muffins with a glaze on top! Soft, buttery, and full of cinnamon flavor with a glaze made from powdered sugar!
4.67 from 6 votes
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42 Lemon Zucchini Muffins Recipe

Lemon Zucchini Muffins Recipe
Total Time: 35 minutes
Simple no yeast Lemon Zucchini Muffins are tender and delicious, topped with a vibrant lemon glaze! They are perfect for freezing for later.
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43 Cinnamon Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls Recipe

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls Recipe
Total Time: 16 minutes
Delicious Glazed Cinnamon and Cream Cheese stuffed Crescent Rolls. Soft and gooey these crescent rolls are the perfect treat or breakfast recipe!
5 from 18 votes
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44 Sausage Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls Recipe

Sausage Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls Recipe
Total Time: 18 minutes
This simple 3-ingredient appetizer is great for parties and get togethers and is so full of flavor! Everyone will love these Sausage Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls.
4.91 from 21 votes
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45 Breakfast Tacos Recipe

Breakfast Tacos Recipe
Total Time: 15 minutes

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These breakfast tacos will become your morning mealtime hero with all of your breakfast favorites stuffed into tortillas.
5 from 10 votes
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46 Breakfast Burrito Recipe

Breakfast Burrito Recipe
Total Time: 15 minutes

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This delicious breakfast burrito recipe is the perfect on-the-go breakfast! Load them with all your favorite fixings.
5 from 19 votes
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47 Fruit Kabobs

Fruit Kabobs
Total Time: 30 minutes
Our quick and colorful fruit kabobs are easy to customize, creating a healthy and delicious appetizer or side – perfect for every occasion!
5 from 15 votes
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48 Easy Fruit Dip

Easy Fruit Dip
Total Time: 10 minutes

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Fresh and creamy fruit dip is one of our top requested recipes, it whips up in no time, and ALWAYS vanishes in minutes!
5 from 207 votes
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49 Yogurt Parfait

Yogurt Parfait
Total Time: 5 minutes

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Our 5-minute yogurt parfait is fresh and creamy, filled with berries, and topped with crunchy granola – a perfect breakfast or healthy treat!
5 from 26 votes
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50 Strata Recipe

Strata Recipe
Total Time: 4 hours 55 minutes

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This layered strata recipe preps in 10 minutes then chills overnight for a no-fuss brunch, holiday, or yummy family breakfast!!
4.96 from 75 votes
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51 Stuffed French Toast Recipe

Stuffed French Toast Recipe
Total Time: 30 minutes
The BEST breakfast to wake up to! Thick slices of French toast stuffed with a delicious strawberry and cream cheese filling. 
5 from 9 votes
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52 Poffertjes

Poffertjes
Total Time: 20 minutes

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Poffertjes are tiny, fluffy pancakes, sweet enough for breakfast or dessert and a must-try for pancake lovers!
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53 Liege Waffles

Liege Waffles
Total Time: 56 minutes

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Liege waffles are thick and bready in taste, speckled with sugar pearls creating a delicious caramelized texture.
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54 Apple Fritters

Apple Fritters
Total Time: 30 minutes

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Apple fritters are crispy, golden-brown delights, studded with tender apple slices and coated in a sprinkling of cinnamon and sugar.
5 from 3 votes
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55 Sheet Pan Pancakes Recipe

Sheet Pan Pancakes Recipe
Total Time: 25 minutes

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These simple sheet pan pancakes are quick, easy, and perfect for feeding a crowd. Just add your favorite toppings and enjoy!
5 from 1 vote
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56 Cinnamon Cream Cheese Roll Ups Recipe

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Roll Ups Recipe
Total Time: 21 minutes

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Delicious Cinnamon Cream Cheese Roll-Ups – a simple and yummy breakfast treat. White bread flattened and rolled with a cream cheese and powdered sugar mixture, dipped in butter, cinnamon, and sugar!
4.97 from 83 votes
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57 Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread Recipe

Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread Recipe
Total Time: 1 hour
This recipe for Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread makes a tasty breakfast treat! Delicious pieces of homemade bread dough, covered in cinnamon and a yummy glaze! The best part is, it comes together in less than an hour!!
5 from 1 vote
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58 Mini Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

Mini Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Give these 90 minute Mini Cinnamon Rolls a try and you'll fall in love with their tender, sweet centers and irresistible cream cheese frosting! 
4.99 from 97 votes
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Kristyn Merkley is a published cookbook author, wife, mom of six, and major food enthusiast! For the past 15 years, she has been sharing foolproof, family-friendly recipes—each one tested in her kitchen—that anyone can master. As a seasoned recipe creator, she loves making cooking simple, stress-free, and totally doable for everyone!

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5 Comments

  1. Sue says:

    Brunch Pastries are usually sweet and so tlreally I love the puff pastry sausage rolls.

  2. Olivia says:

    Loved all your ideas for Mothers Day. The recipes were simple and delicious. So much to choose from. Fun!

  3. Joy says:

    Brunch is the best!! Especially when you can share it with your mom! Your casseroles are always a hit at our house!!

  4. Jessica says:

    Thank you for this amazing list of recipes for Mother’s Day! I’m having a hard time figuring out what to make because I want to make all of it. Haha!

  5. Erin says:

    I wish I could make one of everything for Mother’s Day Brunch! Everything looks so good. I think the Swedish pancakes are definitely on the list, tho, I’ve made them before, and they’re incredible!