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What to cook for mum on 8 March

Sixty dishes for mum or wife on 8 March with a price per serving: breakfast in bed, eggs benedict, a salmon croissant, strawberry salad, shrimp risotto, strawberry tart, pavlova, eclairs. Ready tables: breakfast, lunch, dinner, a sweet table, no oven.

60recipes
$0.36–$6.37per portion
8 min – 6 h 30 minto cook
85–713kcal per portion

Plan a week from this collection

Sixty dishes for mum, wife or grandmother on 8 March: sixteen breakfasts, from a salmon croissant, eggs benedict and a smoothie bowl to French toast, a pan cottage cheese cake and syrniki; twenty lunches and dinners, among them strawberry chicken salad, warm salmon and asparagus salad, broccoli soup, shrimp risotto, spinach and feta quiche and cod en papillote; four starters; seventeen desserts, including strawberry tart, lemon meringue pie, eclairs, pavlova and the Kartoshka pastry; three drinks.

Every dish has a price per serving from average supermarket prices. Everything is cooked in an ordinary kitchen in 20–60 minutes, there is a separate no-oven table, and the cakes and pavlova can be baked on the evening of the 7th. Below are six ready tables with a total and cooking time.

Ready menus

Breakfast in bed

A salmon croissant, a smoothie bowl, French toast with berries and cinnamon cocoa. Twenty minutes and one tray.

Lunch for mum

Broccoli soup with cheese, strawberry chicken salad, spinach and feta quiche, lemon meringue pie.

Salads 8

Strawberry Chicken & Spinach Salad Dinner25 min501 kcal≈ $3.94

Warm Salmon and Asparagus Salad Dinner25 min413 kcal≈ $6.37

Shrimp, Avocado, and Cherry Tomato Salad Dinner15 min319 kcal≈ $3.97

Caprese Platter Dinner10 min320 kcal≈ $2.20

Pear, Blue Cheese & Walnut Salad Dinner12 min513 kcal≈ $4.08

Grilled Halloumi and Watermelon Salad Dinner15 min470 kcal≈ $4.19

Greek salad with feta and bread Dinner15 min496 kcal≈ $3.21

Avocado, Egg, and Tuna Salad Dinner15 min573 kcal≈ $2.86

Starters 7

Croissant with Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese Breakfast10 min408 kcal≈ $3.73

Berry-Kiwi Smoothie Bowl with Granola Breakfast10 min478 kcal≈ $3.14

Yogurt Parfait with Granola and Berries Breakfast10 min421 kcal≈ $3.62

Smoked Salmon and Farmer’s Cheese Canapés Snack15 min237 kcal≈ $2.10

Tartlets with Cream Cheese and Salmon Snack20 min390 kcal≈ $2.76

Cheese Board with Honey, Nuts, and Grapes Snack10 min437 kcal≈ $2.74

Baked Brie with Honey, Walnuts, and Thyme Snack12 min521 kcal≈ $3.37

Soup 1

Creamy Broccoli and Cheese Soup Lunch30 min430 kcal≈ $2.03

Mains 14

Smoked Salmon Benedict with Dutch Sauce Breakfast25 min449 kcal≈ $2.37

Salmon, Spinach, and Cream Cheese Omelette Breakfast15 min379 kcal≈ $3.55

Avocado Toast with Poached Egg Breakfast12 min369 kcal≈ $1.24

Creamy Shrimp & Lemon Risotto Dinner35 min632 kcal≈ $4.36

Honey-Rosemary Chicken with Oranges and Rice Dinner55 min641 kcal≈ $1.81

Spinach and Feta Puff Pastry Tart Lunch50 min521 kcal≈ $1.83

Baked Cod in Parchment with Vegetables and Lemon Dinner30 min268 kcal≈ $3.85

Spring Vegetable Primavera Pasta Dinner20 min483 kcal≈ $3.23

Creamy Baked Salmon with Spinach Dinner35 min468 kcal≈ $4.57

Creamy Salmon Pasta Dinner20 min700 kcal≈ $5.02

Pan-Seared Lemon-Herb Rainbow Trout with Broccoli Dinner30 min432 kcal≈ $4.72

Pan-Seared Salmon with Rice and Broccoli Dinner30 min713 kcal≈ $4.83

Skillet Salmon with Spinach and Couscous Dinner20 min705 kcal≈ $6.32

Grilled chicken fillet with vegetables Dinner30 min339 kcal≈ $2.51

Dessert 30

Ricotta Toast with Strawberries and Honey Breakfast10 min332 kcal≈ $2.10

French Toast with Berries Breakfast15 min459 kcal≈ $2.23

Skillet Quark Cake with Strawberries Breakfast40 min499 kcal≈ $1.96

Fluffy Pancakes with Strawberries and Whipped Cream Breakfast30 min466 kcal≈ $1.02

Farmer's Cheese Pancakes with Sour Cream Breakfast25 min555 kcal≈ $1.76

Ricotta Pancakes Breakfast20 min588 kcal≈ $1.72

Microwave Cottage Cheese Soufflé Breakfast8 min373 kcal≈ $1.73

Overnight Oats with Berries Breakfast10 min570 kcal≈ $2.92

Cottage Cheese Bowl with Peach and Granola Breakfast10 min608 kcal≈ $3.55

Air-fryer Farmer's Cheese Pancakes Breakfast25 min413 kcal≈ $1.70

Strawberry Tart with Custard Cream Snack1 h 10 min410 kcal≈ $1.02

Lemon Meringue Tart Snack1 h 25 min451 kcal≈ $0.57

Éclairs with Pastry Cream Snack1 h 15 min437 kcal≈ $0.77

Berry Cheesecake Snack1 h 35 min444 kcal≈ $1.61

Pavlova with Berries Snack2 h382 kcal≈ $2.11

Potato Cake (Oat Crumble Cake) Snack20 min450 kcal≈ $0.99

Chocolate-Covered Strawberries Snack20 min298 kcal≈ $2.07

Fruit Skewers Snack15 min114 kcal≈ $0.97

Low-Calorie Glass Cheesecake Snack15 min295 kcal≈ $2.35

Panna Cotta with Berry Sauce Snack25 min338 kcal≈ $1.20

Coffee-Soaked Tiramisu Snack40 min529 kcal≈ $1.52

Napoleon Layer Cake (Puff Pastry) Snack1 h 30 min518 kcal≈ $0.85

No-Bake Orange Cheesecake Snack6 h 30 min453 kcal≈ $1.27

Berry and Sponge Trifle Snack1 h 5 min466 kcal≈ $1.67

Fruit Jelly Cups Snack30 min169 kcal≈ $1.12

Candied Oranges in Dark Chocolate with Chopped Nuts Snack40 min352 kcal≈ $1.77

Air Fryer Apple and Cinnamon Turnovers Snack25 min473 kcal≈ $1.21

Strawberry-Lemon Pink Lemonade Snack15 min167 kcal≈ $1.89

Spiced Cocoa with Whipped Cream Snack15 min344 kcal≈ $0.54

Homemade Mint Lemonade Snack15 min86 kcal≈ $0.36

How to use it

Every recipe has a servings counter: set the number of eaters and the grams recalculate. Servings here are light, 250–500 kcal; breakfast in bed for one is one hot dish, something with berries and a drink, since nothing more fits on a tray.

The order: on the evening of the 7th bake the tart, cheesecake or pavlova and set the jelly; on the morning of the 8th make breakfast in 20 minutes while she sleeps; build lunch and dinner from 25–40-minute dishes where the oven holds one thing at a time. Strawberries in March are imported and pricey: use frozen berry mix everywhere except on top.

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Questions

What to cook for mum's breakfast on 8 March?

A croissant with salmon and cream cheese, eggs benedict, a berry smoothie bowl, French toast, a pan cottage cheese cake or syrniki, and cinnamon cocoa. The breakfast-in-bed menu above comes together in 20 minutes.

What to cook for a wife's dinner on 8 March?

Salmon tartlets, pear and blue cheese salad, shrimp risotto with lemon, pavlova with berries and pink lemonade: the wife's dinner menu above. The pavlova dries for an hour and a half, so bake it the day before; the rest takes an hour.

What to cook for 8 March without an oven?

Salmon and spinach omelette, granola parfait, warm salmon and asparagus salad, pasta primavera, pan-fried cod, panna cotta, tiramisu and cheesecake in a glass. The no-oven menu above is made of them.

What to cook for grandmother on 8 March?

Familiar and soft: syrniki with sour cream, Greek salad, chicken with oranges and rice, a pan cottage cheese cake and homemade lemonade. Among desserts grandmothers are usually happiest with Kartoshka, napoleon and honey cake, all in the collection.

Which cake to bake for 8 March?

Strawberry tart with custard or lemon meringue pie if there is an hour; pavlova if there is an evening the day before; berry cheesecake if it has to work for sure. Without an oven, cheesecake in a glass or the Kartoshka pastry, both ready in 20 minutes.