Hosting an Easy Mother’s Day Brunch Menu Mom Will Love is not impossible! I’ll show you how you can impress her this year with over 16 recipes plus cocktails in this post. Make some or make them all.
Mother’s Day Brunch Menu
The recipe variety in this comprehensive Mother’s Day Brunch Menu taste great together from appetizers to desserts. So, everything goes together. I’ve taken the guess work out of it for you. Also check out my 15 Tasty Party Hot Appetizers.
Plus, this all-encompassing menu will please your low-carb and gluten free family members too. It’s such a relief to the hostess if she can make everyone happy as hard as that seems sometimes.
Quiche is a great addition to any brunch menu because eggs and ham or prosciutto is a perfect for brunch. Air Fryer Garlic Parmesan Potatoes are a great breakfast potato to go with a not too sweet spiral cut magle glazed ham or crispy Air Fryer Bacon too!
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Easy Mother’s Day Brunch Menu Mom Will Love
Appetizers
Everyone loves great tasting appetizers! Here are a few easy-to-make, hot and cold appetizers that will be great for your Mother’s Day Brunch menu!
Puff Pastry Chicken Pesto Bites This delicious appetizer is filling and easy-to-make with rotisserie chicken. It will look great on a Mother’s Day buffet table.
Ham, Egg and Gouda Breakfast Muffins are made with puff pastry, cubed ham, onions, eggs and Gouda cheese. They’re a delicious and perfect finger food for brunch
Chorizo Sausage Mushroom Frittata Bites – These low-carb, gluten free appetizers are great for your Keto family members. Plus, you can use mild ground sausage instead of chorizo and they’ll taste just as GREAT!
Bruschetta with Cream Cheese is a new twist on a traditional Italian favorite! Cream cheese adds a creamy yumminess to toasted baguettes with ripe, garlicky tomatoes and a drizzle of sweet balsamic glaze! Perfection!
Southern Deviled Eggs with Relish are not only delicious, they’re very easy-to-make and can be made ahead of time. Deviled eggs are a popular dish because they’re creamy and delicious! Plus, they’re low-carb.
Main Dishes & Sides
When you choose main dish and sides brunch options, there are so many possibilities because you can choose nearly any breakfast recipes and many lunch recipes so, don’t limit yourself here. Pick what your family will love that’s also easy to prep, cook and serve.
Lemon Rosemary Grilled Chicken Grilled chicken is something nearly everyone loves and is healthy, low-carb and gluten-free. This is a very delicious recipe. Save if for summer grilling. It requires marinating with a few simple and fresh ingredients for about 3 hours. The leftovers make yummy grilled chicken wraps for lunch the following week.
Greek Tortellini Pasta Salad This salad is full of flavor, easy to make and can be made the day before. Just add a little more dressing before serving if you make it ahead as the refrigerator tends to dry it out a bit. This pasta salad is very filling so you won’t need to make a lot.
Maryland Lump Crab Cakes with Spicy Tarter Sauce – These crab cakes are tasty, can be prepped the day before. You can make them gluten free if you use gluten-free bread crumbs. This recipe also has air fryer instructions. Plus, you can make them into bite-sized appetizers instead!
Honey Lemon Salmon with Asparagus– Make it one pan! It has easy prep and cooks quickly too. It’s low-carb and gluten free. Delicious salmon makes a great addition to Mother’s Day Brunch. It’s filling and healthy! You may also like: Baked Honey Garlic Salmon, Apricot Glazed Salmon or Mandarin Honey Ginger Salmon.
Make a Waffle Fruit Parfait Bar
Belgian Waffle Yogurt & Fruit Parfaits– This can be really easy if you use frozen Belgian waffles. Just put out some vanilla Greek yogurt, granola and fresh fruit. It’s colorful, filling, tasty and makes for a beautiful presentation. Plus, you can use canned mandarins, crushed pineapple, tropical fruit topped with toasted shredded coconut.
Italian fruit salad (a.k.a. Macedonia) is simple, vibrant, and delicious made with ripe fruit- strawberries, blueberries, pineapple and a lemon dressing sets it apart from others. Fruit is not only attractive but, it’s loved by many so it’s a staple for a brunch menu. It’s a gluten free dish too.
Cocktails
Limoncello Moscow Mule Cocktails are refreshing with a Limoncello twist and a bit of citrus fizz. Mom and (Grandma too) will love this cocktail! Make a pitcher. Check out my Limoncello Mojitos too.
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Bonefish Grill Crushed Pineapple Martini Copycat is a wonderful pineapple cocktail made with fresh crushed pineapple. It’s the kind of drink that celebrates warm weather and mom’s dream of a beach vacation.
Limoncello is wonderful in a mojito. This Limoncello Mojito cocktail is refreshing and super simple to make!
Easy White Wine Sangria with Strawberries and Pineapple Recipe This White Wine Sangria recipe fresh strawberries and pineapple is a burst of warmer weather in a glass with evervescence and shine! It’s fruity and delicious!
Caramel RumChata Bailey’s Coffee Slush – If you like RumChata, Bailey’s Irish Cream and coffee, then you’re likely to love this coffee slush! It’s perfect for a brunch menu. You may also like Espresso Martini with Baileys or Caramel Iced Coffee with Baileys.
Desserts
No brunch menu would be complete without a delicious dessert or two or three! All of the desserts below can be made ahead.
Luscious Lemon Cheesecake This lemon cheesecake has a lot of lemon flavor It can be made with either a graham cracker or shortbread store bought crust. This recipe is SO EASY that you can make it even if you’ve never made a cheesecake before. You may want to double the batch and make two because I assure you that you’ll want leftovers!
Moist Orange Zucchini Bread -This is an easy from-scratch recipe. It’s moist and totally delicious! See the lemon or chocolate zucchini bread versions too.
Limoncello Tiramisu is incredibly delicious and full of zesty lemon flavor. It’s made with a creamy mascarpone filling, lemon curd and limoncello moistened lady fingers. It’s perfect for a brunch dessert.
Authentic Italian Tiramisu is a no-bake, traditional Italian dessert that’s easy and is made ahead. It’s made with a mascarpone filling and coffee-moistened lady fingers. Mom and guests are sure to love it!
No Bake Peanut Butter Cup Pie is another no-bake dessert that you can make ahead. You know it will appease the chocolate peanut butter lovers wow them at brunch. Keep this delicious recipe for summer BBQs.
No-Bake Raspberry Nutella Cheesecake Dessert -This is a little piece of Nutella heaven in a jar! It’s a tasty, individual dessert you can make the day before and just top it with whipped cream before serving. Although this dessert is gluten free, it doesn’t have to be. You can add brownie pieces or Oreo pieces at the bottom to make it more decadent.
This year, you’ll be able to impress mom with a great tasting menu that any beginner hostess can accomplish well. What’s more is you can even please the low-carb and gluten-free family members with some of these recipes and others who are not on special diets.
This delicious and carefully planned brunch menu is not only great for Mother’s Day, it’s also perfect for wedding showers, baby showers and baby reveal parties too!
Make mom a memorable Mother’s Day Brunch this year with this menu of ideas.
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Post last updated on April 8, 2024.
Thanks Karen.
You certainly have put a nice list together, I know I would enjoy whatever you served.