Obligatory old school photo of mom, Sharon, and me. I don’t care what my future children look like so long as they have Sharon’s legs.
Please pardon our delay in announcing a winner. Maggy’s been on vacation and I’ve been in FL helping my parents move from their home of 35 years to a retirement facility. Our KitchenAid “Cook for Mom” winner is #167 Angie who says, “Having lost my mother-in-law and own mother in recent years, I will be reflecting on my happy memories of both of them. I will also enjoy basking in the love I will receive from my two girls and husband.” Congratulations!
We aren’t much of a gift-giving family, not at least in the ‘box, wrapping paper and bow’ sense. For us celebrations are about the food and the people and long-winded cards that wax poetic about our love and respect for one another. We used to do presents, but then the company and the menu were so superior (especially when we were old enough to add a splash of wine to the mix) that those earrings, blouses, and calendars just didn’t add that much to the feel of the event anymore. So we long ago decided to put all our effort (and money) into food lovingly prepared, drinks carefully selected, tables beautifully laid, music painstakingly chosen, and the moment we should share together.
On Mother’s Day, more than on any other special day, we do this for our mother because she is so worth it. She has the most generous spirit and giving heart of anyone I know. There is no person better at celebrating you than Pam Anderson. She cheers the loudest, supports the strongest, offers the most, gives the biggest. Not just to us, but to everyone in her life. So on this day, we do for her. And truth be told, she’d be happy with a grilled cheese, a bowl of homemade tomato soup and a cold craft beer, because that’s who she is. Though she is a great lover of memorable food, for her it’s far more about the moment than the dish itself. Her style is unpretentious and all-inclusive and I believe this is the greatest thing I have absorbed from all my years in her presence.
This year, we are excited to be working with KitchenAid on a special Mother’s Day series called, “Cook for Mom.” We know a lot of you will be looking for menu inspiration this week as you plan what to cook for your mom or the mother figure in your life.
Here’s the menu that mom and I created together. Today, we’re sharing the recipe for Cornmeal-Scallion Waffles with Caramel Corn and Maple Syrup and we’ll be posting the rest of the recipes throughout the week!
Raspberry Ice Bellinis
Asparagus Salad “Nests”
Cornmeal-Scallion Waffles with Caramel Corn and Maple Syrup
Strawberry-Rhubarb Galette with Whipped Cream
To help us celebrate, KitchenAid is giving away all three of the following appliances we used to one lucky winner! I think we all know that there’s no better stand mixer out there. Hands down. After using a far inferior blender for years, this is without doubt the Rolls Royce of blenders. And that waffle iron? The best. It lets you make two waffles at once!
KitchenAid Raspberry Ice 5 quart Stand Mixer
KitchenAid ‘Cook for the Cure’ Edition Pink 5-Speed Blender
KitchenAid Pro Line Black Waffle Iron
To enter, just leave a comment telling us what you’re doing for Mother’s Day this year! Giveaway closes on Friday, May 11 at 9PM EST.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mom’s out there!
My husband, kids and I are having brunch out with friends and then we’re going shopping for vegetable plants to plant in the garden. 🙂
And OF COURSE a phone call to my mother, who taught me how to cook!! She is the most amazing woman, a two-time cancer survivor!! I love my mother!!!
I will be going to the flower mart with my family to pick out flowers, fruit & veggies to plant this year.
I will be coloring or at the park with my one year old.
Relaxing and spending time with my family!
Building and planting a raised bed garden with my 3year old son. Best day ever.
We are going to spend the day with my ninety-two-year-old grandmother and tell her that seven great-grandchildren later she’s finally going to get a girl. Hopefully that gives her reason to stay with us a while longer.
I will make my families favorite breakfast and we can sit down together. This is my favorite thing.
I will be attending my God child’s graduation from high school!!
Playing golf and then a wonderful lunch with my kids!
I’m making brunch for my mom! Excited to see the great recipes you are posting!
I’ll be relaxing. I’ll give Mom a call in the evening. She’s 92 years old and still enjoying life!
We will have barbecued chicken shish-kabobs, grilled asparagus and mimosas with fresh squeezed orange-juice to drink and some fresh homemade bread. I might use your Gelatte idea, that sounds good. Have a great day.
We will spend part of the day at home where hubby and the kids will be taking care of me while I read a good book, something I dont get to do very often. Then we will go to his moms house and I will cook dinner for her.
I am very excited about this Mother’s Day ….. I plan to bring my mother a tiny bunch of posies for her desk, a bunch the size of a small child’s hand with shorty stems that will perfectly fit inside a shot glass. The bunch will include a few dandelions because that’s what I did when I was a toddler and it touched her heart so much.
I’m also eagerly anticipating the brunch my 8 yr old son will make for me. He’s turning into quite the chef!
Happy Mother’s Day!
We’ll be continuing a family tradition of having Mother’s day brunch at my sister-in-laws house. She and I usually share the cooking, but her husband has just recently developed a greatly celebrated cooking habit, so I suspect this year I’ll just be bringing salad and fruit! After brunch we head out to stroll (ok, the adults stroll, the kids scamper, run and climb) through the Garden in the Woods. It’s a perfect way to celebrate my Mother in law with family, good food, and nature!
I am going to go see all the women in my life. My mother is having a majjor surgery and going to spend time with her. My SIL is getting her Masters this weekend also so we will be celebrating. All the sisters will be together with all the grandgirls. So busy weekend!
I go to my mothers every year – its always our time to spend the day together. I was born on Mothers Day (8th) so its a very special day for my mother and me.
Awesome giveaway! This year after church, we’re headed to a park for brunch. My mother-in-law and grandmother will be there as well. I’m really excited about it.
I think I will be getting breakfast made for me (definitely coffee and muffin in bed, the eggs, etc. at the table) by my husband and kids, and then a family bike ride (now that my youngest has learned to ride her own bike!).
I have no plans for mother’s day. Probably just hang out and relax with DH.
My grown daughters are making breakfast for my mother and me. And I am thinking about making chicken curry for everyone for dinner at our house.
I’m heading to MY mother’s house to hang out with here. 🙂 But first, I will have a coffee and bagel with my daughter. Hope all mothers out there have a fantastic day! You deserve it! 🙂
Mother’s day this year I am planning to go see Dark Shadows with my three teenagers and have hot wings after. I just love to spend the day with them!
I am going to get up early(!?!?) and go for a run! Then my husband and two boys are taking me to breakfast for waffles! The galette caught my eye and so maybe I’ll make that for later in the day…
I will be working….as a Nurse….at the County Jail. I’m sure I’ll be consoling a lot of women who will be missing their children…(and holding back the tears myself!) After work, I’ll be honoring my Mom who sadly passed away 4 years ago. I miss her terribly.
I will be spending Mother’s Day with my sweet mother. I am so blessed to still have her in my life. Thanks for this opportunity!
I don’t know, but with all the work we’ve been doing on our house for the last few months, I am guessing my gift will be something from the Home Depot! LOL! I’m thinking of having our mail forwarded there. 🙂
I’m not sure yet. My husband is planning something but he hasn’t told me what. No matter what we do during the day, I’ll be anticipating my oldest child’s return from college on Mother’s Day night.
My Mom is 1800 miles away so I will be calling with my love and sending the very best.
I am going to put flowers on her resting place. Then, pull myself together and cook her favorite German dish, fried potatoes, dumplings and creamed chicken. Then, remember how blessed I was to have her as my mother.
This year will be quiet but I will be speaking with my Mother and my Grandmother via phone and with my Daughter and my Grandson via skype.
I so wish we lived closer as 5 generations is a blessing and it would be lovely to all be together!!
Thanks for the opportunity to win this incredible package. Happy Mother’s Day 🙂
We are going to my Aunts house. This is our first Mothers Day with out my Grandma, which will be hard. We all give gifts to all the aunts and psuedo aunts. We love Mother’s Day!
My husband always brings me breakfast in bed – I get treated like a queen! Later he makes dinner for me and my daughter, who is a singe mom. Always feel so loved on this special day!
Spending it with my kids and grandkids 🙂
I plan on enjoying the day with my Mom and my children. We will play games and eat great treats most of the day.
Happy Mother’s Day to everyone! My hubby and girls are taking me out for Japanese 🙂
This Mother’s Day I anticipate lovely surprises from my husband and 4 kids (most likely involving their own scrumptious creations~and perhaps something for the garden) and I plan to spend time with my own mother, as well.
I plan on going to visit Mom and just chat 🙂
I will be having dinner with my children and planting flowers.
I will be making Mother’s Day brunch for the women in our neighborhood retirement home including small gifts for them from the dollar store.
I will be having breakfast with my husband, daughter, and granddaughter . We too celebrate with good food. And since I enjoy breakfast so very much that is our choice for this Mother’s Day.
relaxing day w/ my pup. I am his mom, after all 🙂
I will be spending the day hanging out with my family and also sending flowers to my mom overseas.
Church and then we’ll be taking my mother-in-law out to lunch then off to spend the evening with my mom.
Enjoying some outdoor festivals with my husband & son!
Spending the day with family!!!!
Cooking as usual 🙂
We’re going to yoga class together then eating out at a vegetarian restaurant 🙂
I’m going to remember the day I became a Mother on Mother’s day in 1993. My daughter’s birthday is coming this week and I’ve raised her to adulthood and it’s gone too quickly.