20 Lovely Mother’s Day Recipes

Published: Apr 29, 2024 by Genevieve Morrison · This post may contain affiliate links

These 20 Mother’s Day recipes are perfect for brunch, lunch, or dinner! Floral and bright, colorful and elegant – you’re mom will be so impressed with every single one! You’ll find vegetarian and gluten-free options too!

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Every recipe on this list will make your mom feel so special, and they’re all so easy to make! Most can be made a full day ahead so you can spend the morning setting the table and arranging flowers.

And if you’re looking for the perfect Mother’s Day signature cocktail, take a look at my 15 Lovely Spring Cocktails for bright and bubbly, beautifully refreshing drinks to make your mother smile!

1. The Fanciest (and Easiest) Cheeseboard

A fancy cheese board with 4 cheeses, crackers, berries, grapes and meat roses.

The Fanciest Cheese Board

This fancy cheese board is so easy to prepare and assemble with no complicated ingredient arranging!

Cheese on a board, topped with marmalade, surrounded by crackrs and mint.

2. Italian Bean Salad

A bowl of Italian 3 bean salad in a bowl beside flowers.

Italian Bean Salad

This vegetable protein-packed salad is made with a simple 2-ingredient Italian dressing and makes such an elegant summer side dish!

A bowl of Italian 3 bean salad in a bowl centered, beside flowers.

3. Mini Antipasto Skewers

Antipasto skewers garnished with flowers and rosemary stacked on a plate.

Mini Antipasto Skewers

These simple mini antipasto skewers are a perfect party appetizer for just about any occasion! They'll delight your party guests – if you can keep yourself from eating them all before they arrive!

Antipasti skewers garnished with flowers and rosemary stacked on a plate.

4. No-Bake Coconut Cheesecake

A coconut cheesecake slice garnished with coconut and flowers on a plate.

No Bake Coconut Cheesecake

This no-bake coconut cheesecake recipe is a light and fluffy, tropical dessert with a simple vanilla wafer crust. Garnished with sweetened coconut, this delightful recipe takes only 45 minutes to prepare, and a few hours to set!

A coconut cheesecake slice garnished with coconut and flowers on a plate.

5. Lemon Orzo

A bowl of lemon orzo on a lace table cloth surrounded by lemon slices and flowers.

Lemon Orzo

This lemon orzo recipe includes bright, summer corn to turn up the sunshine.

A bowl of lemon orzo on a lace table cloth surrounded by lemon slices and flowers.

6. Tomato Crostini with Pesto and Ricotta

4 pesto crostini with prosciutto roses on a wooden board.

Tomato Crostini with Pesto and Ricotta

This recipe includes fresh, homemade pesto and pretty prosciutto roses! It’s a gorgeous and delicious appetizer for Mother’s Day or a perfect addition to any spring or summer brunch buffet!

A pesto crostini with a prosciutto rose on a wooden board.

7. Avocado Toast with Whipped Goat Cheese

10 avocado toasts on a cutting board beside vases of daffodils.

Avocado Toast with Whipped Goat Cheese

These pretty avocado toasts with whipped goat cheese also include real, edible flowers that are easier to find than you may think! They also make gorgeous additions to any brunch party!

9 avocado toasts on a cutting board beside vases of daffodils.

8. Spring Fennel Salad

A salad with vegetables, cheese, croutons and flowers in a wooden bowl.

Spring Fennel Salad

This salad requires very little prep, and comes together so beautifully. Such a delicious and healthy recipe to celebrate the fresh flavors of the season!

A salad with vegetables, cheese, croutons and flowers in a wooden bowl.

9. Mini Quiches with Ham and Swiss

7 mini-quiches on a plate topped with tomatoes beside tulips on a table.

Mini Quiches with Ham and Swiss

This bite-sized recipe works wonderfully as either an appetizer or main course for a brunch party, and looks so beautiful, topped with colorful cherry tomatoes!

A mini-quiche on a plate topped with a tomato.

10. Farro with Pesto and Zucchini

A decorative silver bowl with pesto farro and mixed vegetables on a table beside dry flowers..

Farro with Pesto and Zucchini

This pearled farro with homemade pesto, sautéd zucchini, sweet corn and shallots is a side dish that can be served with almost any meal! It’s a garden-fresh recipe that’s so easy to make, it tastes divine and easily feeds a crowd!

A silver bowl full of pesto farro with assorted vegetables.

11. Burrata Salad with Balsamic Glaze

An ornate plate of burrata salad with flowers, tomatoes, blackberries and meat roses on a lace table cloth.

Burrata Salad with Balsamic Glaze

This burrata salad with balsamic glaze includes pretty prosciutto roses, shaved asparagus, cherry tomatoes, ripe blackberries and arugula. A perfect side dish for Mother’s day or any pretty, Spring party!

An ornate plate of burrata salad with flowers, tomatoes, blackberries and meat roses.

12. Italian Eggs in Purgatory

Italian Eggs in Purgatory in a pan on a tablecloth.

Italian Eggs in Purgatory

These baked Italian Eggs in Purgatory are made with spicy Italian sausage, white beans, baby spinach, fresh basil and pretty cherry tomatoes. It’s an easy, lazy Sunday brunch recipe that looks like it came from a fancy Italian restaurant!

Italian Eggs in Purgatory in a pan.

13. Tuscan Gnocchi with Spinach and Cherry

Tomatoes

A bowl of gnocchi with tomatoes and spinach on a table beside flowers and a spoon on a napkin.

Tuscan Gnocchi with Spinach and Cherry Tomatoes

This incredible, creamy Tuscan gnocchi is exquisitely rich and full of fresh, summer vegetables! It’s so easy to prepare, feeds a family of 4 and takes less than half an hour to prepare! Such an impressive, colorful, decadent summer dinner!

A bowl of colorful gnocchi with tomatoes and spinach in a bowl.

14. Boursin Deviled Eggs

5 deviled eggs, garnished with flowers on marble.

Boursin Deviled Eggs

These beautiful deviled eggs are absolutely perfect for any elegant party! This recipe is made with dreamy Boursin cheese and the eggs are topped with both mustard caviar and edible pansies, making them the prettiest, most delicious appetizers at the bridal shower, baby shower, wedding or colorful affair!

1 deviled egg on marble, garnished with flowers, cilantro and mustard caviar beside 3 scattered flowers.

15. Lemon Turmeric Pearl Couscous

A wooden bowl of turmeric pearl couscous beside flowers on a lace tablecloth.

Lemon Turmeric Pearl Couscous

This pearl couscous recipe is made bright with lemon, fresh with dill and cucumber, and exciting with feta crumbles! It’s a perfect side dish for any spring meal, and takes just 20 minutes to make, with just a little cooling time for the couscous!

A wooden bowl of turmeric pearl couscous beside flowers on a lace tablecloth.

16. Mini Croque Monsieur

6 mini croque monsieur with a small ham rose garnishes and parsley on a wooden cutting board, surrounded by flowers.

Mini Croque Monsieur

This delightful mini croque monsieur recipe is a perfectly easy, perfectly elegant and exquisitely delicious breakfast idea that will impress any guest!

6 mini croque monsieur with a small ham rose garnishes and parsley on a wooden cutting board, surrounded by flowers.

17. Deviled Eggs with Bacon Roses

3 deviled eggs garnished with tiny bacon roses, oregano leaves and a sprinkle of poppy seeds.

Deviled Eggs with Bacon Roses

This deviled egg recipe is creamy and smooth with just a touch of Old Bay seasoning, and when topped with precious bacon roses, they’ll be the prettiest, most impressive crowd-pleasers at your next party!

A deviled egg, garnished with a small bacon rose and a few tiny thyme leaves on a marble plate, in front of 2 other eggs.

18. Spinach and Goat Cheese Quiche with Zucchini Crust

A quiche, garnished with pearl onion roses and little flowers on a marble table with a lace table cloth.

Spinach and Goat Cheese Quiche with Zucchini Crust

This gorgeous goat cheese quiche with spinach and balsamic caramelized onion is not only the prettiest quiche your guests will ever see, it’s also made with a low-carb, nutritious (and delicious) zucchini crust!

A quiche, garnished with pearl onion roses and little flowers with a lace tablecloth wrinkled at its side.

19. Prosciutto and Melon Appetizers

8 small melon appetizers with a prosciutto rose and mint leaves on top, in front of a lace tablecloth.

Prosciutto and Melon Appetizers

These prosciutto and melon appetizers make a refreshing Italian classic extra pretty and feminine!

A small melon appetizer with a prosciutto rose and mint leaf on top.

20. Lemon Poppy Seed Scones with Raspberries

3 lemon-raspberry scones on an antique plate, beside a few dry, pink spray roses.

Glazed Raspberry Lemon Poppy Seed Scones

These buttery lemon poppy seed scones with plump, tart raspberries are brushed with a delicate lemon glaze. An absolutely perfect recipe for a feminine high tea, bridal shower, or simply for breakfast!

Glazed raspberry lemon poppyseed scones on a plate beside dry roses.

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