These Mother's Day brunch recipes are perfect for hosting a lovely breakfast for mom. From make-ahead breakfast casseroles to easy brunch sides, everything your menu needs is here.
If you want to plan a perfect Mother's Day brunch at home, all you need are a few easy tips and the best brunch recipes for the season.
First, decide whether you want breakfast in bed recipes that the kids can make for mom or whether you're looking for a slightly more elaborate brunch menu that is better prepared by grown-ups.
If you want to invite more guests than just your immediate family, like Grandma, aunts, or other special moms in your life, you'll definitely want these easy tips for how to host a brunch party.
Either way, moms and brunch go hand in hand for Mother's Day and this is a lovely thing you're planning for the special ladies in your life.
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Healthy Mother's Day Brunch Ideas
Moms love decadent treats, but generally healthy and lighter brunch dishes are a huge hit for Mother's Day because they say: "We wanted to serve what YOU like."
Keep the menu easy with something light that features lots of fresh fruit and vegetables:
- Egg-based dishes like a veggie-heavy quiche
- Fresh fruit or greens salad with lots of toppings and grilled fish, shrimp, or chicken
- Pancakes or waffles with a fresh fruit topping
- A continental breakfast buffet with cold cuts, lots of fruits and veggies, her favorite cheeses, and breakfast pastries
Make-Ahead Brunch Recipes
The best part of brunch is how easy it can be to pull together.
Focus on plenty of make-ahead breakfast recipes and you'll have even less work to do before the party starts!
Some of my favorite make-ahead dishes include:
- Overnight French Toast Bake
- Make-Ahead Granola Bar with Yogurt and Fresh Fruit
- Prep-Ahead Macadamia Halibut
- Make-Ahead Breakfast Burritos
- Make-Ahead Potato Latkes
- Make-Ahead Hot Cross Biscuits
Brunch Recipes for a Crowd
Serving a bigger crowd for your brunch and need recipes that serve a lot of people?
Easy peasy. These are some of my favorite dishes that are easy to double, prep assembly-line style:
- Sausage Egg and Cheese Breakfast Casserole
- Cheesy Egg and Ham Slab Pie
- Classic Quiche
- Egg Stratas
- Breakfast Burritos
- Funeral Potatoes
26 Best Mother's Day Brunch Recipes
These fresh and healthy brunch recipes and decadent breakfast casseroles are sure to be a huge hit with the special Mom in your life.
Mix and match mom's favorite fillings for this super easy quiche recipe.
Load it up with her favorite vegetables or make a simple ham and cheese quiche.
This recipe uses a refrigerated pie crust to keep it very simple.
This overnight french toast recipe can be mixed and matched to make 14 different flavors.
Our favorite is a maple bourbon pecan one that is a huge hit but you're sure to find a fruity or sweet flavor that your mom will love.
Eggs benedict is one of my favorite things to order at a restaurant when we go out, to have it at home is SUCH a treat.
This easy recipe has playful variations that make it much easier to prepare for one serving or a whole crowd. Don't miss the prep-ahead tips and big batch prep tips.
Homemade waffles are the perfect brunch base for a variety of toppings:
- fried chicken with maple syrup
- fresh berries and whipped cream
- sliced peaches and a dusting of powdered sugar
- bacon and scrambled eggs
You can easily make a big batch of waffles the day before and reheat them in large cookie sheet pans in the oven before serving.
An egg strata mixes cubed bread, eggs, and a wide variety of fillings for an easy baked breakfast casserole.
You'll find 20 of the best breakfast strata recipes here and they run the spectrum from sweet to savory.
Bread pudding: Is it dessert or is it your new favorite brunch entree??
Bread pudding combines cubes of bread in an egg custard filling but is different than a strata because it runs more sweet and the eggs are mixed with milk.
Many of these 20 recipes are make-ahead dishes that can be simply baked before you serve your brunch.
These sweet orange rolls with orange icing can be made ahead the day before or even frozen and then just baked fresh the morning of your brunch.
These sweet and savory breakfast pinwheels are inspired by the classic Monte Cristo sandwich seen on many restaurant menus.
Made into easy nibbles with crescent roll dough, they are perfect for a brunch buffet.
They are also easy enough for kids to make, too!
If you love the idea of quiche but want to double up on the pie crust for an extra-decadent and crispy brunch entree, this cheesy egg and ham slab pie is for you!
Easy to cut into squares and serve for a larger gathering but don't shy away from it for smaller groups, leftovers reheat wonderfully in the oven!
This rich and buttery cheesy hashbrown casserole with crispy cornflake topping is also known as "funeral potatoes" and is popular because it is so easy to feed a crowd.
It makes an amazing brunch side dish because it pairs so well with many popular brunch menu items like egg dishes.
If the mom in your life really loves lunch-y foods vs. breakfast items, consider serving this easy sheet pan shrimp and vegetables.
For a low-carb meal, they can be served as is. Otherwise, they are extra delicious served over my favorite lemon pasta dish (recipe below.)
This super-easy pasta dish is bright and delicious with oodles of lemon and parmesan cheese.
It pairs perfectly as a brunch side dish with shrimp, fish, or chicken.
Serve this delicious and easy Mediterranean shrimp over a fresh herb and spinach rice. It makes a surprising brunch item on a buffet with lots of fresh fruit.
The best part? Both dishes are made easily in an Instant Pot.
This macadamia halibut is served with a homemade lemon cream sauce and pairs wonderfully with roasted vegetables.
I love serving it for special holiday meals because it is a prep-ahead dish that can be easily baked just before serving.
Want a main protein that is easy to scale to fit your guest list number?
This oven baked salmon is delicately seasoned and brushed with butter. It would make a perfect brunch entree, salad topper, or accompaniment to a pasta dish.
This sunny citrus salad is a lovely brunch side dish and includes crumbled cheese and chopped pistachios for crunch.
Serve it over a bed of greens and pair it with your favorite chicken or fish.
Set out a big bowl of mixed greens, and several smaller bowls of a variety of fresh fruits, carrots, and red cabbage and let your guests mix and match their toppings and drizzle it with homemade strawberry vinaigrette.
You can also add sliced chicken and slivered almonds to the mix for more protein.
Looking for something to make your fresh fruit offering a little more special?
Chop up this easy strawberry mango salsa and serve it with cinnamon pita chips for a fun twist on the fruit side dish.
Alternatively, you could also whip together this easy creamy Piña Colada fruit dip with toasted coconut and set it next to a large platter of fresh strawberries and pineapple.
I also love to serve it with thin ginger cookies!
This elegant appetizer is one of my all-time favorites in the spring season. I know I'd be thrilled if my family added it to my Mother's Day brunch!
Fresh strawberries, basil, and goat cheese on a homemade crostini is just simply heaven. Don't want to make the crostini from scratch? Just buy pre-baked ones at the grocery store!
One of my favorite brunch parties I ever attended served a huge bowl of this easy homemade granola alongside big bowls of yogurt and fresh fruit for making our own yogurt parfaits.
This is another easy recipe to scale depending on the size of your crowd.
If you've never made homemade cinnamon rolls before but love the flavors, this swirl bread is for you!
It tastes just like a cinnamon roll but is sliceable so your guests can enjoy smaller servings as a breakfast pastry.
Scones always get such a bad rap but are easily one of my favorite breakfast pastries.
This particular blueberry scone recipe is a one-bowl recipe that will be ready to go before the oven is even preheated.
Serve them warm at your brunch table alongside some tea or coffee.
My favorite part of this homemade peach bread is the vanilla glaze with slivered toasted almonds on top.
This easy quick bread has a lovely texture with lots of crispy crunch from the nuts.
If you've got allergy issues in your home, the almonds can be easily left out.
These chocolate croissant puffs are so easy that my kids can make them!
Fill a large basket with warm just-from-the-oven chocolate puffs and watch them quickly disappear at your party.
Bet you can't eat just one!
Fresh or frozen cherries can be used to make this classic coffee cake recipe.
Serve it as part of a brunch menu that is heavy on egg dishes for a sweet side dish.
Guests will surely love the streusel topping!
Tips for Breakfast in Bed
If you found this article searching for "brunch" but really what you're thinking your mom wants is "breakfast in bed," don't worry!
I've got all the tips for kids to plan an easy breakfast in bed on Mother's Day right here:
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