Mother's Day Luncheon: 30 Recipes to Skip the Queues at Restaurants

On this date it is normal that we want to celebrate in a different way and be worthy of mothers. It's not always easy to get a reservation at that nice restaurant and that stress always comes up? How about showing your mom that you, like her, can surprise you too? This is the day for you to let her rest and take over the pans. Thinking of easing this task, we have selected thirty recipes that can make up your Mother's Day lunch menu. Take a look!

Entries to surprise right away

1. Traditional Salpicão: This recipe is perfect for an entry worthy of your mother. And for those who don't have much practice in the kitchen, it's even better. Chicken, vegetables, mayonnaise and potato chips are among the ingredients of this delight that serves up to 8 people.

2. Roasted Artichoke: If you have never eaten artichoke, this is the perfect time to try. It has a very mild flavor and usually makes up more sophisticated dishes. In this recipe, it is seasoned with garlic, which makes it even more delicious.


3. Tomato and Cheese Bruschette: For those who want to make a lunch with Italian air, this bruschette guarantees just that. You will need few ingredients and its preparation is so easy that when you least expect it will be ready.

4. Mayonnaise Salad: Who doesn't love mayonnaise salad? If your mother always makes delicious mayonnaise for you, it's time to give it back. The ingredients are ready mayonnaise, vegetables, parsley, mustard and salt and pepper to taste.

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5. Zucchini Fritters with Cheese: These fritters are delicious and of course very easy to make. Generally, dumplings are fried in dipping, but to make these here healthier, you can make them thinner and just broil with a drizzle of olive oil. It looks amazing!

6. Pineapple Chutney Pork Canapes: Looking like it came out of a fancy restaurant, this recipe will impress your mother and all the guests for lunch. Pig fat is balanced very harmoniously with pineapple chutney which is sweet and sour at the same time.

7. Rustic Potato in Beer: If you're looking for something different to surprise, this is the right recipe. The preparation is quite simple: leave half the potatoes marinating in the beer, put them in a pan and season with the ingredients of your choice. It is delicious!


8. Meat Carpaccio: This recipe is super refined and its taste is unforgettable! He takes a mustard and honey sauce that makes everything even tastier. You can serve with toast and a nice green salad. Right bet!

9. Vegetable Tempura: Do you know that recipe that if you could eat it every week, how wonderful it is? This tempura becomes super crispy and dry. The secret of the crispness of this dish is to use very cold water when preparing the dough, this is what will ensure the texture that makes the dish taste more like.

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10. Grilled Sesame Seed Asparagus: Asparagus is not a very common and affordable ingredient in our country, but for Mother's Day it's worth the effort, isn't it? You will need asparagus, sesame, shoyu and garlic. I bet your mom will love it!

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11. Steak Wellington: That's the one in the picture up here. Irresistible, isn't it? The recipe consists of a good piece of filet mignon wrapped in a layer of mushroom puree and puff pastry. For meat lovers is a dish of praying eating!

12. Pork tenderloin with egg crumbs: it may not seem like it, but this dish is very simple and its preparation is very fast! The tenderloin is seasoned with rosemary and vinegar and the farofa is the icing on the cake. I don't even need to talk about being surreal, right?

13. Black rice with filet mignon medallion: If you read the name of this dish in a restaurant, surely it would be a small fortune, wouldn't it? But you can prepare it at home to save on still doing that morale with your mother. The secret of this recipe is to sauté rice with butter instead of oil, which gives the dish a special taste.

14. Titty in Wine Sauce: This recipe is similar to meat in wood sauce, but it's much easier. What guarantees its unique flavor is wine mixed with soy sauce and mushrooms to complete this delight. Then just pick an entry we suggest up here and rock Mom.

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15. Pasta with shrimp and mint pesto: Okay, we know you love that bolognese pasta.But Mother's Day is a date that calls for something more elaborate and refined, isn't it? How about betting on this pasta with shrimps with mint pesto? She is not that hard to do and looks wonderful. It's time to take a chance!

16. Lasagna Caprese: Raise your hand who is in love with lasagna! This version features mozzarella, tomatoes and fresh basil pesto. The cool thing is that you can use the ready-made pasta (good quality, huh?) So you don't have to venture into making a fresh pasta. The result is a creamy, mouth-watering lasagna.

17. Chestnut Crusted Salmon: This is another recipe that looks like a fancy restaurant. What if I say that besides being a sophisticated dish, it's easy to make? You just have to do the? Farofinha? that goes over the salmon and put everything to bake. Easy, isn't it? Oh, and it looks spectacular!

18. Pumpkin and Cod Risotto: Whenever we think of cod, we immediately associate this fish with special dates. Want more special than Mother's Day? In addition to cod and pumpkin, this risotto includes pupunha, parmesan, curd and pepper. Just imagining makes you hungry!

19. Shrimp Stroganoff: Stroganoff is always a dish that has no mistake. It pleases everyone and is super easy to prepare. Here the secret is to use shrimps instead of beef, which usually goes in the traditional recipe. To make it even more sophisticated, it is worth adding white wine and English sauce to the preparation.

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20. Apricot Stuffed Chicken Medallion: To give the traditional chicken a special touch, this recipe brings apricots that give the dish a special flavor. You may be thinking that the chicken is dry, but before it goes to the oven it is drizzled with a little sauce prepared with various ingredients that guarantee a lot of flavor and aroma, such as soy sauce and balsamic vinegar. It is a delicious scandal!

Desserts to close with golden key

21. Milk Pudding Without Stove: You read that right, without a stove. This recipe is so practical that you don't even have to get close to the stove. You just need to beat everything in the blender and then bring it to the fridge. Wait a few hours until it is very cold and serve!

22. Red Fruit Cheesecake: A mouthwatering dessert that also attracts a lot of glances. Anything looks beautiful with berries on top, doesn't it? This cheesecake is the sweetie that will be missing after lunch. It is not a difficult recipe, but it can be a little time consuming as it has some steps. Worth every second of work!

23. Milk Mousse Nest with White Chocolate: Can It Get Bad? Of course not! This recipe is so blunt that you won't even believe it. Just beat condensed milk, sour cream, Nest milk and dissolved colorless gelatin in a blender. White chocolate shavings to finish and you're done!

24. Almond, chocolate and ganache cake: This recipe is a little longer and more laborious, especially for you who love to venture into the kitchen. One of the secrets to the unique flavor of this cake is the orange zest added to the batter. Just reading you can feel the smell of this delicious baking, right? No doubt your mother will be delighted!

25. Twix Cake: Another sigh-plucking cake. This recipe consists of a very fluffy sponge cake dough, regular brigadeiro, caramel brigadeiro (imagine how good it is!), Ganache and a super crispy crumbs. You will not fail to prove, right? Oh, and there's still Twix chocolate to decorate.

26. Strawberry Sorbet: A very juicy cream ice cream with strawberry syrup. Another delight that is unlikely to displease anyone. The recipe is very simple: you will need eggs, milk, condensed milk, sour cream, sugar, and strawberries. It will be a success!

27. Dulce de leche: If you make this dessert, will you probably hear that joke? I don't need to talk about it, right? But surely it will please everyone in the family, even those who still insist on the joke! Pave intersperses layers of a very smooth cream with very sweet and biscuit. Right bet for Mother's Day lunch!

28. Red Velvet Cake: This cake is the most beautiful thing in the world! He is red, the color of love. It's all about the occasion, isn't it? We need to confess that this cake is not one of the easiest, but it is still worth taking a little while to prepare it. The result is practically an edible work of art!

29. Walnut Chocolate Pie: The perfect balance between chocolate creaminess and nutty crispness makes this recipe the right choice for sweetening Mother's Day lunch. Its preparation takes a few steps and takes a little time, but the result is amazing. The recipe yields an average of 16 slices, you can even store and eat a little more at dinner!

30. Banoffee: banana, whipped cream and dulce de leche. Do you need anything else? This dessert is one that can not eat a single piece.But that's fine, because it's worth every calorie! To add even more aroma to the recipe, you can sprinkle cinnamon to finish. All the best!

No excuse, right? It has recipes of all difficulty levels and for all tastes. Now just think carefully to choose which dishes will make up this special Sunday lunch!

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