101 Cooking For Two

Mother’s Day Recipe Roundup

- By - Updated - Leave a Comment

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.
Graphic of roses for Mothers Da

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.

Candy Treats

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

The crockpot 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.
Read More
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.
Read More
white chocolate almond clusters on a white plate

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.

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.
Read More
Baked Blueberry Pancakes from 101 Cooking For Two
Carrot Cake Pancakes - Oven Baked
Amazing carrot cake pancakes with maple cream cheese glaze. Oven baked for an ultra easy breakfast. It is so time for dessert for breakfast or breakfast for any meal.
Read More
Carrot Cake Pancakes – Oven Baked from 101 Cooking For Two
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.
Read More
How to Cook Bacon in the Oven from 101 Cooking For Two
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.
Read More
How to Cook Sausage in the Oven from 101 Cooking For Two

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.
Read More
How to Grill a Ribeye Steak on a Gas Grill from 101 Cooking for Two
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.
Read More
Pan Seared Oven Roasted Strip Steak from 101 Cooking for Two
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. Learn how with these easy to follow step by step photo instructions. You can be the "grill master" too and have an excellent grilled steak in 10 minutes every time.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
marinaded strip steak
Blue Cheese and Garlic Compound Butter
This wonderful blue cheese and garlic compound butter will add layers of butter, garlic, and blue cheese to make the meal extra special.
Read More
Image of Blue Cheese and Garlic 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.

Roasted Garlic Parmesan Asparagus
Everybody needs an easy asparagus recipe. Roasted to perfection, garlic Parmesan asparagus is an ideal healthy side dish. Just follow the simple step by step photo instructions.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
parmesan baked potato on a white plate
Easy Roasted Red Potatoes
One of the easiest recipes EVER. Roasted Red Potatoes comes with incredible guaranteed results. You get 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.
Read More
Easy Roasted Red Potatoes from 101 Cooking for Two

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 killer recipe everybody will love. Plus almost any fool including me can pull this off.
Read More
Fresh Strawberry Pie from 101 Cooking for Two
Easy Berry Crumble
Have this wonderful berry crumble for that special dessert. Ultra-simple to whip up and time for the end of the meal.
Read More
image of ice cream on Berry Crumble on a blue plate
Simple Flourless Chocolate Cake
Easy step by step photo instructions for this decadent flourless chocolate cake you can make with no special skills.
Read More
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.
Read More
image of chocolate chip cheese cake 4

 

Graph of dogs for mothers day

Have a great holiday.

DrDan, Wifo, Molly, and Lilly

Last Updated
May 8, 2019

Related Posts:

About Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan

I’m DrDan. Welcome to 101 Cooking for Two. I have been exploring the art of cooking for over 40 years and created this site in 2010 to share those skills and many great everyday recipes with you. But also to guide you in creating your own cooking skills mostly for the smaller households. Please see About DrDan and 101 Cooking for Two for more information.

Reader Interactions

To Enter New Comments - Box Now Located at the Bottom of First Page of Comments. Up to 50 comments per page. To see older comments, the link is at the bottom of the comments.

- ************************************.

Hi Guys,

Comments and questions are welcomed. But if your comment is spammy, rude, obnoxious, off-topic or contains a link, it will be deleted at my discretion.

- Keep it polite please..

- See The Recipes before commenting about recipe size.

- Commenting about the post being too long? Please use the "Jump to Recipe" if you want to skip directly to the recipe. It is at the top of all recipes.

- Please do not comment about time guidelines if you did not watch the final internal temperature as instructed in most recipes.

See Comment Guidelines for more information. -DrDan

If your comment does not appear, please check the comment guidelines.

***First time commenters are held for moderations before posted***

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.