Make your mom feel special with these delicious DIY recipes
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From day to night, your mother might not tell you how much she loves you, but it is always evident in her actions. How she will prepare your favourite food for you, keep it warm for you to eat and wait for your reaction to it.
Mothers are always cooking up different recipes to feed their children, not only to keep them healthy but also happy. What better way to show your mom just how much you love her than by cooking some easy DIY recipes that will make her smile and possibly even commend your cooking. Check out these delicious DIY recipes that you can surprise your mom with this Mother's Day!
Strawberry Ice Cream
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Who doesn't love a tasty cone of ice cream during the summer? This Mother's Day, try this three-ingredient
strawberry ice cream recipe
with your mother.
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You need heavy cream, strawberry jam and vanilla and a pinch of sea salt. Whip all the ingredients together until the cream forms soft peaks. Then freeze the ice cream in a metal or glass pan. When you want to serve, scoop some up and put them inside waffle cones for an aesthetic display.
Cheese Lemon Basil Pizza
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Begin with a store-bought pizza dough that you roll on parchment paper and transfer to a sheet pan. On the dough, put some tablespoons of olive oil, grated garlic and shallots.
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Next, add grated parmesan cheese, thyme leaves, chilli flakes and sesame seeds. You can add layers of other cheeses like mozzarella and provolone if your mom loves a cheesy pizza. Lastly, use Meyer lemon slices as toppings along with basil leaves.
Don't worry about the lemons as they lose their bitterness once cooked.
Roasted Potatoes with Feta Sauce
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If your mom is someone who doesn't like the restaurant-style fries, then this dish is going to be her favourite.
Cut the potatoes into long slices and roast them with lemons, garlic and oregano. Halfway through the cooking, pull the lemons and garlic off the pan. Now, chop the roasted lemon and garlic, add a bit of olive oil, honey and a handful of herbs and season them with salt, pepper and chilli flakes. After the potatoes have been cooked, toss them in the oil.
To prepare the feta sauce, whip some feta cheese with a bit of cream cheese and add some drops of lemon in it.
Serve the potatoes dipped in the feta sauce to your mom and watch her fall in love with their taste.
Peach Lemonade Matcha Latte
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Drinks are a must with food, right? While serving your mom the pizza or the roasted potatoes, accompany them with this summery latte. First blend some peach jam with lemonade and water. Next, blend some match with hot water and honey. In a glass pour the peach lemonade, then the match and next some milk. Swirl the layers together and enjoy a refreshing drink with your mom!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars
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No dinner ends without dessert and this one is super easy to make. First make some oatmeal cookies by blending some oats, almond flour, maple syrup with eggs and vanilla. After they are set, boil some peanut butter with maple syrup and coconut oil and pour the thick layer on the cookies. Lastly, pour a thick layer of melted chocolate over the top and freeze the bars for some time.
You can make one of these DIY recipes on Mother's Day or treat your mom to a three-course meal beginning with some pizza or potatoes, a latte and two desserts!
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