Mother's Day Brunch Ideas: No Cooking Required

When Mother’s Day rolls around everyone winds themselves up in a frenzy of gifts and cards and planning: What are we doing for Mother’s Day? Lets go to brunch! Let’s host brunch! How many annoying family members are coming? What kinds of gifts should we buy for everyone?

And you know what I really want? A day by myself at the spa, and to let everyone else go cook brunch and chase after the kids sans mom. But, knowing that isn’t entirely realistic, this year I am proposing a compromise: a full brunch menu, with absolutely no cooking required. Less work for mom – and how about we make the kids and spouses do the clean-up (and set-up), eh?

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Shannon Sarna

Shannon Sarna is Editor of The Nosher. Born to an Italian mother who loved to bake, a Jewish father who loved to experiment, and a food chemist grandfather, loving and experimenting with diverse foods is simply in her blood. Her writing and recipes have been featured in Tablet Magazine, JTA News, New Jersey Monthly Magazine, The Jewish Week, Joy of Kosher Magazine, Vinepair, Modern Loss and Buzzfeed. She graduated from Smith College in Northampton, MA with a degree in Comparative Government and Spanish Language and Literature and lives in South Orange, NJ with her husband, daughters and rescue dogs. To see what Shannon is cooking and eating, follow her on Twitter and Instagram.