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Jammy Soft Boiled Eggs on Sourdough Toast with Dill Cream Cheese with Pickles. Mothers Day breakfast recipes. 22 most popular egg recipes of 2022. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Mothers Day Breakfast Recipes for Mum This Sunday For Mums Who Love Breakfast in Bed

Our collection of Mothers Day breakfast recipes include last minute ideas for Mother’s Day breakfast on Sunday for mums who appreciate the luxury of breakfast in bed. They include breakfast dishes that are a bit special, that are manageable on a breakfast tray, and that aren’t so filling that they’ll spoil brunch. Mother’s day brunch recipes coming next!

When I was a kid, dad and I always made mum breakfast in bed for Mother’s Day. Well, dad would make breakfast and I would help, kind of. Mum’s birthday would often fall on or around Mother’s Day, so we always tried to make it a bit special.

We generally cooked some kind of eggs, croissants that we’d buy from the bakery that morning, and a pot of tea, just the way mum liked it – my mother is very particular about her tea – and we’d pop a small vase on the tray filled with flowers I picked from our garden.

Last night my sister and I got online – she’s in Perth and I’m here in Cambodia – and went shopping together to order a delivery for mum (in Bendigo) of her favourite foods for Mother’s Day: camembert and croissants, shucked oysters, smoked salmon, blini and sour cream (you can obviously guess what I had in mind), and a bottle of sparkling Rosé.

I had hoped to be back in Australia for mum’s birthday next week and Mother’s Day tomorrow and be serving her breakfast in bed. Hopefully I can get back soon and make up for that and so many other meals I’ve missed making her. Damn you, pandemic.

Hoping you find some dishes to cook your mum from our collection of Mothers Day breakfast recipes and, if you don’t, do browse our Weekend Eggs archive of breakfast dishes from around the world that we’ve learnt in places on our travels or have created, inspired by places we’ve spent time in and lived in. 

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Now let me tell you about our Mothers Day breakfast recipes for mums who enjoy breakfast in bed.

Mothers Day Breakfast Recipes for Mum This Sunday For Mums Who Love Breakfast in Bed

Mothers Day breakfast recipes for mums who enjoy breakfast in bed.

Eggs Benedict Recipe

This eggs Benedict recipe is one of my best suggestions for you for Mothers Day breakfast recipes for breakfast in bed. While eggs Benedict can be very filling, especially if you’re serving it as you normally would, with two eggs, you can lighten up this dish simply by serving one egg.

Done properly it’s an elegant dish that is still filling and rich. Eggs Benedict is also such a quintessentially New York breakfast dish, which makes it a bit special, as mum can dream that she’s cutting into this at a restaurant at a swish New York city hotel or at a sidewalk table at a New York city cafe.

If you’re serving mum an eggs Benedict, however, you will definitely need to make sure there’s a glass of bubbly on that breakfast tray. Open the bottle in mum’s room to really celebrate her. 

Eggs Benedict Recipe for Weekend Eggs New York Edition

 

Creamy Scrambled Eggs with Truffles Recipe

Another of my top picks of Mothers Day breakfast recipes for mums who appreciate breakfast in bed is this recipe for creamy scrambled eggs with truffles. Firstly, because it’s hard to beat scrambled eggs on a breakfast tray, as they’re so easy to eat.

Secondly, because they’re also light, so won’t fill mum up if you’re also planning brunch or lunch for Mothers Day. These scrambled eggs are rich, creamy and silky, which means you can’t skimp on the butter for this dish.

To make truffles with scrambled eggs many chefs place the truffle in a jar with the eggs for at least 24 hours so that the eggs obtain some of the aroma of the truffles. It does work, but it’s a very mild flavour. For us, this dish works best when there is some truffle flavour in the eggs before the truffle is shaved on top of the eggs when served.

Terence likes to use the little offcuts of the truffle that you sometimes get when shaving the truffles and he throws those into the egg mixture just before taking it off the heat. If you don’t have fresh truffles, a tasty alternative is to use a little truffle oil mixed in with the butter, then add a teaspoon of truffle pickers paste when you add the cream. It’s not the same, but it’s still so tasty.

Creamy Scrambled Eggs with Truffles Recipe for Weekend Eggs, the Vienna Edition

Fragrant Pesto Scrambled Eggs Recipe

This is another one of my recommendations for you for Mothers Day breakfast recipes for breakfast in bed. Again, because it’s scrambled eggs and they’re easy to eat, and these are really delicious scrambled eggs.

This pesto scrambled eggs recipe makes soft scrambled eggs with basil pesto, which we serve on sourdough, with a drizzle of pesto oil, grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, a sprinkle of pine nuts, and fresh basil leaves.

It comes together quickly, too. Make sure to use the freshest eggs for really silky scrambled eggs. Terence uses a good fresh Teflon-coated 24 cm pan with high sides that does not get used for anything other than eggs and is only touched by a silicone spatula.

When you turn the heat to high and the butter starts to brown, you need to work quickly. The eggs will cook in less than 90 seconds. What you want is for the eggs to get nearly cooked through and remain glossy. So make sure to have that breakfast tray completely prepped before you start these. Don’t forget the flowers! 

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Classic Salade Lyonnaise Recipe

Our classic salade Lyonnaise recipe is another one of my top picks for Mothers Day breakfast recipes if you’re making your mother breakfast in bed. Terence’s recipe makes a really lovely and light breakfast eggs dish that is as delicious as it looks.

It also comes together quickly, so you better have that breakfast tray prepared before you start. Soft poached eggs sit atop some frisée lettuce, with croutons, crispy bacon pieces, and a vinaigrette dressing of olive oil and vinegar.

The idea is that you get some frisée, egg white and yolk, a crouton, and some bacon in every mouthful. It’s a brilliant mix of textures and a perfect marriage of flavours.

We know that poaching eggs can be daunting if you’re not an old hand at it, so we have tips to poaching eggs in the post below. 

Classic Salade Lyonnaise Recipe – Weekend Eggs Southern France Edition

 

Poached Eggs, Asparagus, Pancetta and Parmesan Recipe

This elegant poached eggs, asparagus, pancetta and parmesan recipe is another of my top picks of these Mothers Day breakfast recipes for breakfast in bed for mum.

This classic French breakfast eggs dish is healthy and light, so it won’t leave your mum feeling full, and if you pop a glass of bubbly it will leave her feeling fabulous.

This is a genius dish: the soft yolk of the poached egg acts like a sauce for the asparagus, the pancetta adds a salty flavour and some texture with its crunch, and the grated Parmigiano-Reggiano rounds out the flavours. If you don’t have pancetta in the fridge you can use bacon.

If you’re in the southern hemisphere, not in the northern hemisphere where spring means asparagus season, then use whatever is fresh and available. Spinach would work wonderfully, along with juicy ripe tomatoes cut into thick slices.

Poached Eggs, Asparagus, Pancetta and Parmesan Recipe – Weekend Eggs Venice Edition

 

Poached Eggs with Asparagus, Pancetta and Parmesan, a Contemporary Take

This very special recipe makes Terence’s more contemporary styled take on the classic poached eggs with asparagus, pancetta and parmesan dish above and it’s another of my top recommendations for you of this collection of Mothers Day breakfast recipes if you’re serving mum breakfast in bed.

Instead of the poached egg sitting neatly on top of the asparagus, Terence places the egg in this dish on an asparagus purée made from the stems, while the asparagus tips sit prettily on top.

The grated Parmigiano Reggiano is sprinkled between the egg and asparagus purée, and pancetta and breadcrumbs are sprinkled on top to add texture and flavour.

One of the shortcomings of the traditional dish is that you lose much of the scrummy egg yolk when it bursts open onto the plate. Terence resolved that little problem by serving it in a bowl with a spoon, which also makes it super easy to eat in bed. 

Poached Eggs with Asparagus, Pancetta and Parmesan, a Contemporary Take

Jammy Soft-Boiled Eggs on Sourdough with Dill Cream Cheese and Homemade Pickles

Lastly, I reckon my recipe for jammy soft-boiled eggs on sourdough with dill cream cheese and homemade pickles is another great Mothers Day breakfast idea for breakfast in bed for mum, especially because she can eat it with hands. Don’t forget napkins!

It makes a less fancy, shareable, snack version of my recipe for slow fried eggs atop a creamy dill spread on toasted sourdough with homemade dill pickles, radishes and sweet paprika, which was inspired by my late grandfather’s daily breakfast. I recommend that dish for brunch as it’s best eaten at a dining table.

I created this recipe for those of you who, like me, loved the combination of flavours in the slow fried eggs, but wanted a simpler version that was snacky and could be shared.

It’s very filling, however, so if you’re planning on serving a Mother’s Day brunch for the family, I’d only make mum one of these. Or make one per family member and join mum in bed! 

Jammy Soft-Boiled Eggs on Sourdough with Dill Cream Cheese and Homemade Pickles

Please do let us know if you make any of our Mothers Day breakfast recipes for your mum, as we’d love to know how they turn out for you.

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Still looking for Christmas cooking inspo? Check o Still looking for Christmas cooking inspo? Check out our seafood recipe collection, especially if you celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve with a fish focused meal in the Southern Italian tradition, transformed by Italian-Americans into the Feast of the Seven Fishes, or like Australians, who celebrate Christmas in the sweltering summer, feast on seafood for Christmas Day lunch, we’ve got lots of easy seafood recipes for you.

Our recipes include a classic prawn cocktail, blini with smoked salmon, a ceviche-style appetiser, and devilled eggs with caviar. We’ve also got recipes for fish soup, seafood pies and pastas, salmon tray bake, and crispy salmon with creamy mashed potatoes.

You’ll find the recipes here: https://grantourismotravels.com/seafood-recipes-for-christmas-eve-and-christmas-day-menus/
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If you’re still looking for food inspo for Chris If you’re still looking for food inspo for Christmas Eve or Christmas Day meals, my smoked salmon ‘carpaccio’ recipe is one of dozens of recipes in this compilation of our best Christmas recipes (link below). 

The Christmas recipe compilation includes collections of our best Christmas breakfast recipes, best Christmas brunch recipes, best Christmas starter recipes, best Christmas cocktails, best Christmas dessert recipes, and homemade edible Christmas gifts and more.

My smoked salmon carpaccio recipe makes an easy elegant appetiser that’s made in minutes. If you’re having guests over, you can make the dish ahead by assembling the salmon, capers and pickled onions, and refrigerate it, then pour on the dressing just before serving. 

Provide toasted baguette slices and bowls of additional capers, pickles and dressing, so guests can customise their carpaccio. And open the bubbly!

You’ll find that recipe and many more Christmas recipes here: https://grantourismotravels.com/best-christmas-recipes/ (link in bio if you’re seeing this on IG)

Merry Christmas!! X

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If you haven’t visited our site in a while, I sh If you haven’t visited our site in a while, I shared a collection of recipes for homemade edible Christmas gifts — for condiments, hot sauces, chilli oils, a whole array of pickles, spice blends, chilli salt, furakake seasoning, and spicy snacks, such as our Cambodian and Vietnamese roasted peanuts. 

I love giving homemade edibles as gifts as much as I love receiving them. Who wouldn’t appreciate jars filled with their favourite chilli oils, hot sauces, piquant pickles, and spicy peanuts that loved-ones have taken the time to make? 

Aside from the gesture and affordability of gifting homemade edibles, you’re minimising waste. You can use recycled jars or if buying new mason jars or clip-top Kilner jars, you know they’ll get repurposed.

No need for wrapping, just attach some Christmas baubles or tinsel to the lid. I used squares of Cambodian kramas (cotton scarves), which can be repurposed as napkins or drink coasters, and tied a ribbon or two around the lids, and attached last year’s Christmas tree decorations to some.

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This crab omelette is a decadent eggs dish that’ This crab omelette is a decadent eggs dish that’s perfect if you’re just back from the fish markets armed with luxurious fresh crab meat. It’s a little sweet, a little spicy, and very, very moreish.

Our crab omelette recipe was one of our 22 most popular egg recipes of 2022 on our website Grantourismo and it’s no surprise. It’s appeared more times than any other egg recipes on our annual round-ups of most popular recipes since Terence launched Weekend Eggs when we launched Grantourismo in 2010.

If you’re an eggs lover, do check out the recipe collection. It includes egg recipes from right around the world, from recipes for classic kopitiam eggs from Singapore and Malaysia and egg curries from India and Myanmar to all kinds of egg recipes from Thailand, Japan, Korea, China, Mexico, USA, Australia, UK, and Ireland.

And do browse our Weekend Eggs archives for further eggspiration (sorry). We have hundreds of egg recipes from the 13 year-old series of recipes for quintessential egg dishes from around the world, which we started on our 2010 year-long global grand tour focused on slow, local and experiential travel. 

We’re hoping 2023 will be the year we can finally publish the Weekend Eggs cookbook we’ve talked about for years based on that series. After we can find a publisher for the Cambodia cookbook of course... :( 

Recipe collection here (and proper link to Grantourismo in our bio):
https://grantourismotravels.com/22-most-popular-egg-recipes-of-2022-from-weekend-eggs/

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I’m late to share this, but a few days ago Angko I’m late to share this, but a few days ago Angkor Archaeological Park, home to stupendous Angkor Wat, pictured, celebrated 30 years of its UNESCO World Heritage listing. 

That’s as good an excuse as any to put this magnificent, sprawling archaeological site on your travel list this year.

While riverside Siem Reap, your base for exploring Angkor is bustling once more, there are still nowhere near the visitors of the last busy high season months of December-January 2018-2019 when there were 290,000 visitors. 

Last month there were just 55,000 visitors and December feels a little quieter. A tour guide friend said there were about 150 people at Angkor Wat for sunrise a few days ago.

If you’re looking for tips to visiting Angkor, Siem Reap and Cambodia, just ask us a question in the comments below or check Grantourismo as we’ve got loads of info on our site. Click through to the link in the bio and explore our Cambodia guide or search for ‘Angkor’. 

And please do let us know if you’re coming to Siem Reap. We’d love to see you here x

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Our soy ginger chicken recipe will make you sticky Our soy ginger chicken recipe will make you sticky, flavourful and succulent chicken thighs that are fantastic with steamed rice, Chinese greens or a salad, such as a Southeast Asian slaw. 

The chicken can be marinated for up to 24 hours before cooking, which ensures it’s packed with flavour, then it can be cooked on a barbecue or in a pan.

Terence’s soy ginger chicken recipe is one of our favourite recipes for a quick and easy meal. I love the sound of the sizzling thighs in the pan, and the warming aromas wafting through the apartment. 

It’s amazing how such flavourful juicy chicken thighs come from such a quick and easy recipe.

Recipe here (and proper link to Grantourismo in our bio): https://grantourismotravels.com/soy-ginger-chicken-recipe/

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Who can guess the ingredients and what we’re mak Who can guess the ingredients and what we’re making with my market haul from Psar Samaki in Siem Reap — all for a whopping 10,000 riel (US$2.50)?! 

Birds-eye chillies thrown in for free! They were on my list but the seller I spent most at (5,000 riel!) scooped up a handful and slipped them into my bag. She was my last stop and knew what I was making.

My Khmer is poor, even after all our years in Cambodia, as I don’t learn languages with the ease I did in my 20s, plus I’m mentally exhausted after researching and writing all day. I have a better vocabulary of Old and Middle Khmer than modern Khmer from studying the ancient inscriptions for the Cambodian culinary history component of our cookbook I’m writing.

So when one seller totalled my purchases I thought she said 5,000 riel but she handed back 4,500 riel! The sum total of two huge bunches of herbs and kaffir lime leaves was 500 riel.

Tip: if visiting Siem Reap, use Khmer riel for local shopping. We’ve mainly used riel since the pandemic started— rarely use US$ now as market sellers quote prices in riels, as do local shops and bakeries, and I tip tuk tuk drivers in riels. I find prices quoted in riels are lower.

Psar Samaki is cheaper than Psar Leu, which is cheaper than Psar Chas, as it’s a wholesale market, which means the produce is fresher. I see veggies arriving, piled high in the back of vehicles, with dirt still on them — as I did on this trip. 

The scent of a mountain of incredibly aromatic pineapples offloaded from the back of a dusty ute was so heady they smelt like they’d just been cut. More exotic European style veggies arrive by big trucks in boxes labelled in Vietnamese (from Dalat) and Mandarin (from China), such as beautiful snow-white cauliflower I spotted.

Note: the freshest produce is sold on the dirt road at the back of the market.

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My Vietnamese-ish meatballs and rice noodles recip My Vietnamese-ish meatballs and rice noodles recipe makes tender meatballs doused in a delightfully tangy-sweet sauce, sprinkled with crispy fried shallots, with carrot-daikon, crunchy cucumber and fragrant herbs. 

The dish is inspired by bún chả, a Hanoi specialty, but it’s not bún chả. No matter what Google or food bloggers tell you. Names are important, especially when cooking and writing about cuisines not our own.

This is an authentic bún chả recipe:  https://grantourismotravels.com/vietnamese-bun-cha-recipe/ You’ll need to get the outdoor BBQ/grill going to do proper smoky bún chả meat patties (not meatballs).

My meatball noodle bowl is perhaps more closely related to dishes such as a Central Vietnam cousin bún thịt nướng (pork skewers on rice noodles in a bowl) and a Southern relation bún bò Nam Bộ (beef atop rice noodles, sprinkled with fried shallots (Nam Bộ=Southern Vietnam) though neither include meatballs. 

Xíu mại= meatballs although they’re different in flavour to mine, which taste more like bún chả patties. Xíu mại remind me of Southern Italian meatballs in tomato sauce.

In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, home to millions of Khmer, there’s bánh tằm xíu mại. Bánh tằm=silk worm noodles. They’re topped with meatballs, cucumber, daikon, carrot, fresh herbs, crispy fried onions. Difference: cold noodles doused in a sauce of coconut cream and fish sauce. 

Remove the meatballs, add chopped fried spring rolls and it’s Cambodia’s banh sung, which is a rice noodle salad similar to Vietnam’s bún chả giò :) 

Recipe here: (link in bio) https://grantourismotravels.com/vietnamese-meatballs-and-rice-noodles-recipe/

For more on these culinary connections you’ll have to wait for our Cambodian cookbook and culinary history. In a hurry to know? Come support the project on Patreon. (link in bio)

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It is pure coincidence that Pepper’s eye colour It is pure coincidence that Pepper’s eye colour matches the furnishings of our rented apartment. So, no, I did not colour-coordinate the interiors to match our cat’s eyes. 

I keep getting DMs from pet clothing brands wanting to “partner” with Pepper and send her free cat clothes and cat accessories. Although she did wear a kerchief for a few years in her more adventurous fashion-forward teenage years, I cannot see this cat in clothes now, can you? 

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