Mother's Day Recipe Roundup

Happy Mother's Day to everybody. Let's celebrate this special day with some great food all day long. Here are 20 great recipes that you can do without her help — all with easy to follow step by step photo instructions.

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Breakfast
For that special dinner
Side Dishes
Sweet Endings
Candy Treats

I have our plans in place. I will start with Oven Baked Blueberry Pancakes along with some Oven Baked Sausage. And for the main attraction of the day, there will be a Grilled Porterhouse Steak.

I have my plan, do you have yours? Now is the time to plan and get stocked up. It is time to have a special day for that person who's the core of your family and most likely literally gave birth to you.

Breakfast

The first meal is a great breakfast. Around here that is simple. An oven baked blueberry pancake and a side of breakfast meat. Pop them in the oven while you do something else.

How to Cook Bacon in the Oven

Easy step by step photo instructions to cooking bacon in the oven. Nothing is better than great bacon.

How To Cook Sausage in the Oven

Learn how to cook sausage in the oven with this easy to follow step by step photo instructions. Great breakfast sausage "fried" in the oven.

Oven Baked Blueberry Pancakes

Are you pancake impaired? Or just don't want the mess? Try this foolproof method for great pancakes. Super easy, just mix and bake. No skill needed.

Baked Blueberry Pancakes from 101 Cooking For Two

Carrot Cake Baked Pancakes

One of the best breakfast recipes ever, amazing carrot cake baked pancakes with maple cream cheese glaze. It is so time for dessert for breakfast or breakfast for any meal.

Cinnamon Roll Cake

EVIL GOOD. Get the great taste of cinnamon rolls with a fraction of the work. Just follow these easy step by step photo instructions. Think of it as easy cinnamon rolls.

For that special dinner

In this household that is steak. I have many other main dish recipes you can find in the RECIPE INDEX but here are some great steak choices.

How to Grill a Ribeye Steak on a Gas Grill

Learn How to Grill a Ribeye Steak on a Gas Grill with these easy to follow step by step photo instructions for delicious results.

Pan Seared Oven Roasted Strip Steak

Cook your strip steaks like the steakhouses do. Pan sear to brown and then finish cooking the steak in the oven to your taste. Easy to follow step by step photo instructions. Make it perfect the first time and every time.

How to Grill a T-bone or Porterhouse Steak – A Tutorial

How to grill a T-bone steak seems to be a problem for a lot of people. You can be the "grill master" too and have an excellent grilled steak in about 10 minutes every time. Learn how with these easy to follow step by step photo instructions.

Picture of a nice porterhouse steak with grill marks on a blue plate with french fries

How to Grill a Filet Mignon on a Gas Grill

Grilled Filet Mignon. A very special meal for very special times or as an everyday surprise. As good as it sounds and it can be yours with this simple technique.

How to Grill Filet Mignon on a Gas Grill from 101 Cooking For Two

Some great steak enhancements.

The Best Steak Marinade

Step that steak up a few notches with an excellent marinade that will add tons of flavor and tenderness. Easy to do and all your friends will want the recipe.

Blue Cheese and Garlic Compound Butter

Make that steak or vegetables pop with this wonderful blue cheese and garlic compound butter. Add layers of butter, garlic, and blue cheese to make the meal extra special.

Blue Cheese Compound Butter on a strip steak

Side Dishes

Man (or mothers) cannot live by steak alone. Well, my wife may be able to but let's aim for a complete meal.

Baked Parmesan Asparagus

Everybody needs an easy asparagus recipe. Roasted to perfection, baked Parmesan asparagus is an ideal healthy side dish. Just follow the simple step by step photo instructions.

Roasted Garlic Parmesan Asparagus from 101 Cooking for Two

Baked Bacon Green Beans

Jazz up your boring side dishes with these outstanding baked bacon green beans. Ultra easy from frozen beans. Topped with bacon and cooked with butter and brown sugar, this will be a family staple.

image of Bacon Green Beans on an orange plate

Crispy Parmesan Baked Potatoes

Meet your new favorite side dish, crispy parmesan crusted potato half infused with garlic and butter. Just follow these easy step by step photo instructions.

Easy Roasted Red Potatoes

One of the easiest recipes ever. Roasted Red Potatoes comes with incredible guaranteed results. You get a great taste in a side dish to go with any meal including that special holiday spread. Scrub, cut, shake and bake. This is a 1/10 on the skill level but a 10/10 on the useful scale.

Sweet Endings

"The Cherry on the Ice Cream" so to speak. And you made it yourself.

Easy Fresh Strawberry Pie

Fresh strawberry pie is a wonderful summer treat. A simple recipe everybody will love, made with Jello and a premade pie crust. Plus, almost any fool, including me, can pull this off. Make it your signature summer dish.

fresh trawberry pie slice on white plate

Easy Fruit Crumble

Make this semi-homemade fruit crumble with apple and mixed berries. But use the fruits you love for this easy classic dessert. Sometimes a recipe is good; sometimes, it is excellent, but other times it is great.

fruit crumble in a blue bowl with ice cream

Simple Flourless Chocolate Cake

Easy step by step photo instructions for this decadent flourless chocolate cake you can make with no special skills.

Closeup image of Flourless Chocolate Cake

Easy Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

Absolutely awesome "REAL" cheesecake. Not one of those "no cook" pie pan things. And it is easy... so easy with only six ingredients. Just follow the easy step by step photo instructions.

Candy Treats

Let's start with a special homemade gift. You don't need to spend a lot to make some homemade candy.

The crock pot fudge is designed for the kids to help (or think they are).

Crock Pot Fudge

Let's make some great fudge that's so easy even a child could do it. This crock pot fudge recipe is just what you need for the holidays.

image of a pile of pieces of fudge with nuts on a red plate

Crock Pot White Chocolate Almond Clusters

Great white chocolate almond clusters are an easy crock pot candy with these step by step photo instruction for the perfect white chocolate candy.

white chocolate almond clusters on a white plate

Oven Baked Blueberry Pancakes

Are you pancake impaired? Or just don't want the mess? Try this foolproof method for great pancakes. Super easy, just mix and bake. No skill needed.

Carrot Cake Baked Pancakes

One of the best breakfast recipes ever, amazing carrot cake baked pancakes with maple cream cheese glaze. It is so time for dessert for breakfast or breakfast for any meal.

Have a great holiday.

From Wifo, Molly, Lilly, and DrDan

Editors note: This is a yearly recurring post. This version was created May 8, 2019 and will be updated yearly before repubishing.

Comments

Frances Robinson
May 10, 2020 at 11:31 am
I saw your recipe for Oven Baked Blueberry Pancakes and Oven Baked Sausage about a week ago. Got the ingredients and made both today. This breakfast was really a treat and both my husband and I enjoyed it. Both recipes are keepers! I'm a new subscriber and look forward to trying more of your recipes.
Linda Mcclellan
May 09, 2020 at 9:30 am
I wish you had a book
- Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan
  May 09, 2020 at 9:42 am
  Hi Linda,
  Welcome to the blog.
  You are the second one today with that. But, this is just a hobby that grown. I do get publishing offers (mostly spammy ones). But I'm retired and totally enjoy doing this but a book is like real work. Also, the frequently suggest restaurant is so not what I ever want to do.
  So thanks for the comment but it will not happen.
  Have a great Mother's Day and stay safe.
  Dan

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