Give Mom what she really wants for Mother's Day — a day off from planning and cooking meals! From decadent desserts to fun cocktails, delicious brunch ideas and entrees that will knock her socks off, these gluten free recipes will thrill and delight the special lady in your life.
I saw a post on social media the other day that said what Moms actually want on Mother’s Day is to not have to plan or cook anything for an entire day.
Where do I cosign?!
That said, this Mother’s Day, show the special lady in your life some extra love by cooking her a day’s worth of fabulous food starting with a gluten free brunch, followed by cocktails, dinner, and dessert. Woo! My heart is racing just thinking about it! ;)
From decadent desserts, to fabulous drinks, and a special and satisfying dinner, these gluten free recipes will make Mom swoon!
Brunch Ideas
Easy Gluten Free Pancakes
Easy Gluten Free Pancakes are light, fluffy, and made with fridge and pantry staples. Meet your new, go-to gluten free pancake recipe!
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3 Ingredient Billionaire Bacon
Billionaire Bacon is smokey, spicy, sweet — in a word, irresistible! Upgrade your weekend brunch plans or the holidays with this easy yet impressive bacon.
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Cheesy Ham and Hash Brown Casserole
Cheesy Ham and Hash Brown Casserole is the ultimate comfort food! Your family will lick their plates clean of this easy, cheesy, casserole.
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Gluten Free Cinnamon Rolls
Yes, you can be gluten free and have your cinnamon rolls too! Gluten Free Cinnamon Rolls are sweet, fluffy, and made from pantry staples. Meet your new go to recipe.
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Easy Gluten Free Quiche
Gluten Free Quiche is a creamy, savory breakfast pie with a homemade, flaky gluten-free crust. Perfect for holiday brunches and special occasions!
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Gluten-Free Breakfast Casserole
Gluten-Free Breakfast Casserole is a hearty and crowd-pleasing breakfast recipe. Prepped in minutes then baked until golden brown and bubbly!
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Gluten-Free French Toast Casserole with Butter-Pecan Maple Syrup
Gluten Free French Toast Casserole with Butter-Pecan Maple Syrup is make ahead and perfect for feeding a crowd. Easy and decadent!
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Fresh Fruit Salad Recipe for a Crowd
Fresh Fruit Salad Recipe for a Crowd is bursting with sweet and juicy fruits and berries. This big batch recipe is perfect for parties and potlucks.
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Hash Brown Crust Breakfast Pizza
Hash Brown Crust Breakfast Pizza is the answer to your gluten free breakfast pizza prayers! This crispy, 1 skillet dish is perfect for breakfast or brunch.
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Gluten Free Strawberry Muffins
Gluten Free Strawberry Muffins are moist and tender on the inside with a crystal-sugar snap on the outside. Perfectly sweet and summery!
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Dinner Ideas
Easy Mushroom Risotto
Easy Mushroom Risotto is a cinch to prepare, yet tastes like it came from a restaurant. Gluten free, vegetarian, and gorgeous!
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Berry Chicken Quinoa Salad with Strawberry-Balsamic Vinaigrette
Berry Chicken Quinoa Salad is packed with protein, vegetables, and berries then drizzled with a luscious, homemade Strawberry-Balsamic Vinaigrette.
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Perfect Grilled Steak with Herb Butter
Perfect Grilled Steak with Herb Butter features a homemade steak seasoning and buttery herb finish. This easy sizzling grilled steak recipe is mouthwatering!
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Mozzarella Bruschetta Chicken
Mozzarella Bruschetta Chicken is an easy chicken dinner recipe that pairs the craveable flavors of fresh bruschetta with mozzarella cheese.
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Shrimp and Asparagus Risotto
Shrimp and Asparagus Risotto is rich, creamy, and tastes like it came from a restaurant. This easy, spring-forward dish is practically fool-proof!
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Company Chicken
Company Chicken is an easy yet elegant chicken breast recipe that's ready in just 20 minutes. Luscious, mouthwatering, and perfect for entertaining!
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Steak Salad with Maple Balsamic Vinaigrette
Steak Salad with Maple Balsamic Vinaigrette is a feast for the eyes and stomach! This restaurant-quality salad is loaded with dried cherries, crispy shallots, candied pecans, and goat cheese.
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Shrimp and Asparagus Skillet
Shrimp and Asparagus Skillet is a light and flavorful, low carb dinner recipe that cooks in just 15 minutes. Super easy and so delicious!
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Chicken Crust Caesar Salad Pizza
Chicken Crust Caesar Salad Pizza is a gluten and grain-free, high-protein version of a chicken caesar salad pizza. Fun and delicious to eat!
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Cocktail Ideas
Strawberry-Basil Ginger Cocktail
Strawberry-Basil Ginger Cocktail is a refreshing and easy vodka cocktail recipe featuring fresh strawberries and basil. This drink is also great served as a mocktail!
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Cold Brew Martini
Calling all coffee + cocktail lovers! A Cold Brew Martini is made without espresso and is a cinch to shake up. Beyond delicious!
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Pomegranate Peach Prosecco Cocktail
Pomegranate Peach Prosecco Cocktail is fizzy and refreshing with zippy, unexpected flavors. Perfect for any special occasion!
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Watermelon Jalapeño Margaritas
Watermelon Jalapeño Margaritas are the perfect balance of sweet and spice. Incredibly refreshing and no fancy liquors required!
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Dessert Ideas
Easy Fruit Dip
The Best Fruit Dip is made from 3 everyday ingredients and is perfect for the holidays, parties, showers, and BBQs. Pair with fresh fruit for a beautiful presentation.
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Gluten Free Blueberry Crisp
Gluten Free Blueberry Crisp is a luscious, blueberry filling beneath a craveable, crunchy-crisp topping. The perfect summer dessert recipe!
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Gluten-Free Strawberry Shortcake
Gluten-Free Strawberry Shortcake that's classic yet never fails to impressive. Simple, stunning, and perfect for any spring or summer dessert occasion.
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Moist Gluten Free Chocolate Cupcakes
Gluten Free Chocolate Cupcakes are tender and ultra-chocolatey. They're also super moist thanks to the addition of one everyday ingredient!
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Gluten Free Lemon Bars
Gluten Free Lemon Bars are a simple yet outstanding dessert made with everyday ingredients. This bright and sweet-tart treat will be loved by all!
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Gluten Free Vanilla Cupcakes
Gluten Free Vanilla Cupcakes are light, fluffy, and perfectly sweet. Topped with a flourish of vanilla buttercream frosting – nobody would ever guess they're gluten free!
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Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies are crisp on the outside, dense and chewy on the inside, and made with everyday ingredients. Meet your new go-to CCC recipe!
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Dirt Cake
Dirt Cake is a classic Midwestern dessert that's loved by all. This no-bake dessert recipe is perfect for holidays and summer BBQs.
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Lava Cakes
Chocolate Peanut Butter Lava Cakes are easy yet impressive! Molten chocolate and peanut butter spill out of this epic gluten free dessert.
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Gluten Free Angel Food Cake
Gluten Free Angel Food Cake is impossibly light and fluffy, just like the original! This sweet and simple cake is perfection topped with whipped cream and berries.
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Gluten Free S’Mores Bars
Gluten Free S’Mores Bars are sweet, sticky, and ooey-gooey — no campfire needed! A quintessential summer treat that can be enjoyed all year round.
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Gluten Free Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars
Gluten Free Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars are soft, chewy, and finished with a flourish of homemade buttercream frosting!
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Congrats! So excited for you!
Congratulations Kristin!!! Such a Happy Time! Have a Great Mother’s Day..
I’ve been reading your blog religiously since 2009, so it’s really awesome to see your family grow :) I just had my third in February, and my youngest 2 are about the same age difference as yours will be. It may not have been the way you planned it, but there’s a lot to be said for having a potty trained, speaking-full-sentences little helper when you bring that new babe home! Congrats!!
I toooootally agree, Jenn! Definitely a perk of this process taking longer than we expected!!
Yay! Congratulations to you and your guys. Thanks for sharing these great gf recipes. I’m pinning lots of them now! :)
Congraaaaaats!!!! So happy to hear about this most amazing news!!! My second baby is 5 months old and I really think having two pups ROCKS! It’s hard but definitely worth it. Sorry to hear it took you some extra effort, but your determination has led you to fulfilling your desire, and you totally deserve it. Soooo happy for you, Ben and Lincoln. It’s going to be an amazing season of your lives. Big hug and lots of love, camilla fron rome, italy
Thank you so much, Camilla! :)
Congratulations! I’m so happy for you three!
CONGRATULATIONS!! So very happy for you.
Congratulations to you & yours! With a 2 year old and an 8-month old at home I go to your blog daily to make dinner plans! It’s busy with two; but it’s a crazy, laugh out loud, why-does-time-have-to-go-so-fast kind of busy :) Happy Mother’s Day!
Those are the moments I’m really looking forward to! Thanks so much, Angie!
Congratulations! How exciting and I’m so glad you are feeling well :) I had a miscarriage 5 years ago right before Mother’s day and boy was that Mother’s day hard! I am now expecting my third but you just never forgot those sad pangs. Enjoy your weekend with your boys!
I can’t even imagine, Katie. I’m sure you were loving on your kids, and little one in Heaven, extra hard yesterday!
Kristin, so happy for you and your family, congratulations on suhc happy news! Wishing you lots of joy and good health with this second pregnancy!
Truth be told, my favourite part of reading your posts is reading about your family life (I don’t think I’ve seen a little boy as pretty and adorable as Lincoln :-), and it shone through those posts what a wonderful mom you are and I’ve been waiting for your news of expecting another little one for some time, thinking it would be so natural for you. Sorry to hear you experienced some struggles getting pregnant, but thank you for being so candid about it. I’m sure it means a lot to those who are experiencing the same thing.
Starting our own family is not on the table yet for me, but can’t wait to hear mor about your daily life and the gender of the baby! ;-) Congrats!!
Thank you so much for your support and well wishes, Stella! Really appreciate it!! :)
OMG! YAY!!!!! I am so excited for all of you! How wonderful is that? Yay for babies!!
Congratulations on your family addition!! Thank you so much for this post- my husband and I have been trying for a couple of months now for our first, and I’ve started to become impatient (and jealous of my newly pregnant friends), and its nice to know I’m not alone. HappyMother’s Day!
I know exactly how you feel, Barbara. Keep your chin and spirits up! :)
Congratulations!! I love your message to other women who may be struggling to get pregnant. I love your kind soul :) I hope you have an amazing Mother’s Day!!