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!
I am a baking and pastry arts student at Johnson and Wales Univeristy. For mother’s day, I am joining my sister and the rest of my family at the University of Georgia for my sister’s graduation. It’s going to be a great way to celebrate the wonderful job our mom did of raising us. I also got my mom a giftcard to her favorite store, SOMA. We will probably go out to a nice restaurant for lunch!
My goodness, this is an amazing giveaway! For mothers day, my two sisters and I are all making my Mom dinner at her house.
I am going to be hanging out with my Mother, doing a little BBQ and maybe some swimming too!
Not sure if this is open to UK people… In case it is – we’ve had Mother’s Day already in March, I cooked her favourite roast beef with Yorkshire puddings.
i will be away from my mama this mothers day because i’m at school in a different state 🙁 i will miss her lots though!
Going to James Island, SC for a little R&R.
Baking and flowers (the plantable kind) will most definitely be involved!
We are going to spend Mother’s Day getting to know a new family at our church. Pizza and a backyard! I did overhear my kids telling their daddy that he needs to buy bacon before Sunday! I think breakfast in bed is in my future!
I’ll be eating the lovely breakfast created by my daughter then heading off with the whole family for a day at garden centers choosing this year’s garden goodies. We do it every year.
whatever mom wants. it’s her day!
Calling my mom to wish her a happy mothers day, since she’s far away. But I’ll be thinking about her!
Thought I would be spending Mother’s Day with my children and grandchildren, one of whom is brand-new, 1500 miles away. But my mother-In-law, in 2 separate falls, fractured both hips in less than 2 weeks. We will be with her and hoping that we can bring a little brightness to her day.
By surprise, I will be with my mom. I’ll be cooking and cleaning and hopefully we’ll also be able to tour the rhododendrons. I don’t think she has a waffle press but if she does, I’d like to make your recipe.
Unfortunately I won’t be able to see my mother on Mother’s Day because we live so far apart. I will be calling her to tell her how much I love her and appreciate her though… after I send her some goodies in the mail!
I am going to be away from my mom, boo! So I am going to make her a card, send it with love. Then bake up a storm for all the beautiful mothers I work with and celebrate them also!
We’re hosting my mother and mother-in-law for brunch.
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.
Since I will not be able to travel to Louisiana to celebrate Mother’s Day with my mother, grandmother, & family, Brady & I will celebrate Mother’s Day by attending church & then helping Amos’ mother celebrate the special occasion. Mrs. Jo loves sweets, so I’m testing a new cake recipe I found just for her & hope to do some yardwork for her as well. I’m mailing cards/gifts to Mother & Grandmother & will be sure to call them on Sunday as well. I’m so blessed to have such amazing women in my life & to have been chosen to be Brady’s mom. Appreciation goes out to Kitchenaide for all the memories your products have helped to create through the years in countless kitchens/homes around the world.
It will be a quiet day at home with my husband…
Unable to travel to Louisiana to celebrate Mother’s Day with my mother & grandmother, so Brady & I will celebrate Mother’s Day by attending church & then helping Amos’ mother celebrate the special occasion. Mrs. Jo loves sweets, so I’m testing a new cake recipe I found just for her & hope to do some yardwork for her as well. I’m blessed to have such amazing women in my life & to have been chosen to be Brady’s mom. Appreciation goes out to Kitchenaide for all the memories your products have helped to create through the years in countless kitchens/homes around the world.
We will be taking my mother-in-law out for dinner the night before and then fixing a lovely brunch for Mother’s Day morning. Just wish my mom was 600+ miles away, otherwise she would be joining us as well.
Hopefully getting spoiled by my 3 lovely children. Wish I could spend the day with my mom but she lives too far away.
Unfortunately, I don’t get to see my mom until Monday, but we’re going to celebrate in New York City! I agree that good food and company trump gifts any day.
This year for Mother’s Day I will be cooking for my mom, with the help of my siblings, and spending some quality time with my family, including my own beautiful daughters. And maybe have a home-cooked meal from the Hubs that night.
My daughter is a mother and I have a mother-in-law and my own mother! I’ll be busy honoring mothers in my life!
Eating brunch on the patio and drinking mimosas…
For mother’s day I’ll be making her a pie. Something with chocolate in it!
My children, husband and I will be welcoming all of the Moms and their families as a greeter at church.
Since I live far away from my mom, we are going to Skype on Mother’s Day. I also sent her a surprise package in the mail that I want her to open 🙂
Having brunch with my boyfriend’s family and then making dinner for my mom!
Going to church with my family then out for brunch followed by flower shopping with my mother (and maybe a much deserved pedicure!).
Going to church and dedicating our 3 new children! I’m pretty sure I (mommy) will be napping at some point, too 🙂
For mother’s day, we are spending it at my house this year. My wife and I had our first child and Sunday is the 1 month anniversary of her birth date.
My parents and my brother will be coming over for lunch and we’re having a traditional Chinese ceremony for our daughter.
We’re going to my brother’s church and my brother will be preaching for the first time. Exciting!! Afterward we are going out to eat with my mom and my sister-in-law’s mother. We have to find a restaurant that will sit at least 20-30 people. Sounds IMPOSSIBLE on Mothers’ Day since the restaurants are always jammed pack on this day!! No matter where we end up we always have a great time together.
My family will all go out for Brunch or an early dinner with my Mom and Grandmother.
My sister is graduating from college this Saturday, so that’ll be a big present.
We’ll both be traveling to Minneapolis for her graduation, so three of us will just be spending our time together.
My husband and I will be going to the Renaissance Faire for the first time with my dad and step mama! 🙂 So excited
I am spending the day with my daughter. We’re going to bake & watch some of our favorite movies. We’ ll share what we bake with neighbors cuz we’ll make more sugary treats than we should eat!
Planning on going to church with my family and hanging out in the backyard by the fire pit. Hopefully we’ll grill out and make s’mores! A day to celebrate!
My adult sons and I are going to lunch, and then we are going to visit and place flowers on my mom’s resting place! Having lost her 8 years ago, I can’t think of a more fitting way to spend Mother’s Day!
My mom lives across the country, so I am sending her a box of all my favorite local goodies, including some homemade shortbread, my mom’s favorite treat.
I want to be on the beach with my husband, boys and dogs. Just resting and relaxing and having fun! Picnic lunch a must!
my children and I are attempting a healthy brunch for my wife — wish us luck!
We are having a BBQ and swim at our home. I’m fixing dinner for my son’s wives and the mothers of my wonderful grandchildren who keep me young, happy, and a very full life.
We won’t be sharing our Mother’s day this year with our own beloved Mother because sadly she succumbed to cancer a few years ago, but her six daughters, myself included, will be celebrating with our own children and each other as we always did with her. Everyone of her 7 children, 15 grandchildren and 4 great grand-children will be thanking God for blessing us with such a beautiful, inspiring, loving Mom who taught us the importance of family!
After church, my husband, 4 children and I will have brunch. Then we plan on going strawberry picking! We usually plant something new in our flower garden, so we have that planned too. We’ll finish the afternoon at the pool! Hopefully this Mama will get a little bit of reading done, while Daddy plays in the pool:)
My mom lives across the country, so every year my siblings and I send flowers. And this year, I finally roused my husband and brother in law into sending flowers to my mother in law! (Poor thing, she has three boys and they just don’t do that stuff without a woman to push them along.) My husband and two boys are organizing something for me — will be a surprise — but will undoubtedly involve some preschool art.
I will be making the rounds, visiting my Mom, Grandmother, Grandma. Hopefully some rest, too! I’ve got 3 children of my own. Oh, and church!
I’m entering for my mom – who deserves all these things – she raised me (I’m 27) and is raising my little brother who is 7 and has autism. I would like to be able to win these for her on Mother’s Day.
I actually have the pleasure of having my mom at my house for Mother’s Day this year so the “what do I cook” thing has been coming up a lot. I haven’t seen my mom on Mother’s Day since I moved north many years ago so I want her to feel the day is all about her, even though I am a mother as well.