8 Mother’s Day Recipes to Serve With Amor y Sabor

Mother’s Day recipes are three of our favorite words at Familia Kitchen. Because cooking is our love language, the first mention of Mother’s Day gets our minds spinning to which plato especial to make Mami on her special day?

What can we whip up in our kitchens to show her our amor? To thank Mami for all she does and who she is? It’s gotta be extra delicioso. It’s got to be easy so we can spend time with her. Our mom-menu quest sent us deep into the FK archives in search of worthy recipes.

Here are 8 of our favorite Mother’s Day dishes for Sunday brunch and dinner — or whenever you and yours are getting together to celebrate la mamá in your life.

First: Make Mom a Margarita That’s Easy & Amazing

This margarita is one of our most popular recipes ever. It’s a guaranteed-great, super-easy cocktail from our favorite tequila connoisseur and super mom MariCarmen Ortiz Conway of St. Louis, Missouri. It’s surprising ingredient in it is … frozen limeade. (You thought we were going to say fresh lime, right?) It tastes like it, but we love the frozen-drink time-saving hack. If you want to keep things classic and make your own fresh mix, check out this margarita recipe, which we must admit is our all-time favorite.

All of us at Familia Kitchen listened very carefully and with much respeto to Mexico City-born MariCarmen when she walked us through her recipe for making this amazing margarita. She is the real deal: A true tequila connoisseur and educator, with the credentials to back it up. So when MariCarmen says this margarita is guaranteed to wow, we believe it. Every time she makes it, friends and family ask her for the receta. Check out the recipe here.

Start the Fiesta With Shrimp Ceviche

Ceviche is great for brunch, dinner and everything in between. We love this recipe with camarones sent to us by Bex Streeper, one of our favorite Puerto Rican-Mexican food homecooks. ”This shrimp ceviche was created for a very special person in my familia,” she told us. ”When I married my husband, almost 16 years ago, I gained a new friend and confidante, mi suegra Yolanda — or Yonnie to her friends y familia . She has been more than just my mother-in-law. Ella es mi mamá. We often cook together en la cocina.”

“This past Mother’s Day, I wanted to thank her for being the alma y corazón of our familia. Mom has never eaten ceviche before, so I was pleased that she loved my dish.” Bex cures the shrimp in two types of citrus juices: lime and lemon. And then, for a touch of extra, she adds a third juice: Mango. It’s unusual, and triple delicioso. Her mother in law is now its biggest fan. Our Familia Kitchen community loves it too, voting this shrimp recipe the winner of our Your Favorite Ceviche Recipe Contest — against strong competition, too! Check out Bex’s beautiful recipe here.

Go Big for Brunch Option 1: Gracie’s Famous Chilaquiles

Gracie González of Illinois learned how to make these chilaquiles verdes watching her mother and abuela in San Luis Potosí in the kitchen. They are the real deal and famous in her family of excellent cooks, including Gollita, one of our favorite abuela cocineras—Gracie’s mom!

Go Big for Brunch Option 2: Anjie’s Huevos Rancheros

These huevos rancheros are a “flavor explosion,” promises Anjie Villalobos, one of our favorite Mexican-food homecooks. Best of all: her family-famous recipe can be prepared in less than 15 minutes and has just three main ingredients.  “I never tire of making it or eating this dish,” Anjie says. The ingredients are staples in her Southern California kitchen: eggs, salsa and corn tortillas. Using Angie’s homemade salsa takes this dish to the next level, says this mom of two and abuela of three.

Main Mom Meal 1: My Mom’s Arroz con Pollo With Roasted Red Peppers

Speaking of mothers, this is the arroz con pollo that I grew up eating in Puerto Rico and the first-ever recipe my mom Marisa taught me to cook. It was her dinner party go-to dish and it is literally, for me, the taste of home and childhood. It’s also a one-pot wonder: flavorful, savory, hearty — with a healthy serving of nostalgia and sofrito in every bite. Gracias, Mami. Feliz día de las madres to Marisa Jiménez Caviness and all of our mamás.

Mom Main Meal 2: Chicken Enchiladas de Mole

These spicy fish tacos with jalapeño-flavored cabbage slaw and pickled red onions are a favorite of Chicago cook Vivi Abeja. Not only do they come together quickly and healthily, the secret to the sabor is all in her garnishes, says Vivi. “I’ve seen a lot of fish recipes that either have slaw or pickled onions, but I love them both, so they both go on my tacos. Plus, the cilantro, lime and avocado salsa. I love recipes that require layers of flavor,” says Vivi, who lives in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, famous for its multi-generational Mexican heritage. Will she make these tacos for her mother this year? Vivi smiles.

Delicioso Dessert 1: Arroz con Leche

Arroz con leche is love in a bowl. This traditional dessert served for generations on so many other Latino tables takes us right back to childhood and to memories of dipping a spoon into the creamy, cinnamon-y rice pudding. You can top it with raisins and cinnamon or peaches, says Rosita Camarena of Pilsen, Chicago, who learned how to cook this dessert from her mother when she was growing up in Mexico and now makes it for her own daughter. The perfect Mother’s Day postre!

Delicioso Dessert 1: This Coconut Bienmesabe Takes the Cake

Bienmesabe is a spectacular Venezuelan dessert that can change your life — it’s that magnificent to look at and savor, says one of our favorite homecooks, Liliana Hernández of Illinois. It is a creamy, light-as-air delicate cake drenched in syrup, filled with a delicious coconut-based cream, topped with meringue, and sprinkled with cinnamon. Some like to add a touch of liquor. If you want to go big and serve a cake that gets oohs and ahhs from your Mom and the crowd, this is it.

Familia Kitchen is honored to serve up these community favorite Mother’s Day recipes to help you celebrate the Mom in your life. For muchos más delicioso and traditional dishes to make for Mother’s Day — and Father’s Day, which is coming up fast!

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