Mother's Day 2025: Nutritious & Light Recipes To Pamper Mom With Love

Have you ever been treated to breakfast in bed? It's wholesome and very personal when you are doing it for someone you love and care for. This Mother’s Day, let your mom be on the other side of the picture and surprise her with something delicious. Make her feel loved for everything she does for you by starting her day with a nourishing breakfast made with love and care.

These two recipes with a Turkish hazelnut twist are flavourful and light, which makes them perfect to create a special morning. Roasted Turkish Hazelnut Spanakopita and Broken Wheat Salad is a combination of wholesome ingredients with elegant presentation, which will be perfect for surprising Mom with a healthy breakfast.

So, get ready with your apron, and let's head to the kitchen!

Try recipes by chef Gokhan Kesen:

Roasted hazelnuts and broken wheat salad

Ingredients

• Turkish hazelnuts roasted 200 gms

• Boiled Broken wheat (dalia) 100 gms

• Dried raisins 20 gms

• Fresh mint chopped 20 gms

• Fresh chopped 10 gms

• Lemon juice 20 ml

• Honey 30 ml

• Salt to taste

• Black pepper crushed 10 gms

• Pomegranate 20 gms

Method

Step 1: Roast the hazelnuts and let it cool

Step 2: Par boil the broken wheat with little water (should not be sticky)

Step 3: In a mixing bowl, add broken wheat, dried raisins, chopped mint, chopped parsley, salt, black pepper, honey, lemon juice, pomegranate and olive oil and toss all the ingredients to make a salad

Step 4: Add hazelnuts and toss again once

Step 5: Serve it in a serving dish and garnish with chopped parsley and hazelnuts

Now that you know how to master a perfect salad, let's now move towards something warm, savoury, and just as wholesome to the tray, something which is perfect for rounding out the surprise.

Roasted hazelnut spanakopita

Ingredients

• Spinach 1 kg

• Hazelnut 200 gms

• Feta cheese 150 gms

• Cream cheese 400 gms

• Phyllo sheet 1 packet

• Melted butter 200 gms

Method

Step 1: Roast and chop the hazelnuts and set aside

Step 2: Blanch the spinach and place it in iced water, chop and keep aside

Step 3: In a bowl add cream cheese, feta cheese, chopped hazelnuts, chopped spinach and mix well

Step 4: Cut the phyllo sheet by half rectangular shape

Step 5: Brush with butter, add 15 gms of mixture then fold it in triangular shape, stick the corners with the help of water

Step 6: Bake the spanakopita in 180 degree celsius until golden and crispy

This breakfast in bed is bound to bring a smile to her face with its light and refreshing flavor of warm and savory. After all, a well-cooked meal says more than words ever could.

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