Mother's day is coming and this year I've added even more mother's who inspire me. I talk a lot about my mother and grandmothers who have always been a constant source of inspiration throughout my life and now I have a loving mother-in-law along with two wonderful sister-in-laws. I also have friends who constantly show me what it's like to be strong and loving mothers. I only hope that one day I can live up to all of these amazing women.
Beyond the mom's in my life, I'm partnering with Fair Trade USA to celebrate hard-working mothers around the world. While I love to visit my farmers' market and eat local, it's also important to support the global farming community for items that simply can't be grown locally (I love my coffee, chocolates, and bananas- just to name a few!) Just like supporting the local farmers, Fair Trade aids in creating stable work with fair wages and conditions to farmers while upholding standards for environmentally sustainable farming. This month Fair Trade is highlighting some of those farmers that also happen to be mothers!
Fair Trade asked a few bloggers to created a brunch recipe, using a few Fair Trade ingredients, in honor of Mother's day. Last year I shared my mother's french toast and this year I decided to jazz up the french toast by adding a delicious banana topping many with Fair Trade bananas, cinnamon, and muscovado sugar (plus the coconut oil for frying the french toast!) Wake up early and whip up a batch for your mother on Mother's day (or really, any day!)
Print||Disclosure: This post is in conjunction with Fair Trade USA but all thoughts and opinions are my own. I like to support companies that are doing good through food near and far.||
Belgian waffles topped with fruit compote
I love love love crepes!
I love to make some eggs, avocados and a piece of toast.
We love waffles and bacon at our house!
We enjoy making either waffles and pancakes with some whipped cream and bananas! yum! lol
This looks delicious! I would love to make it.
I love whole grain french toast and fresh fruit kabobs!
I love me some good french toast. 🙂
my mom makes incredible challah french toast
Love eggs benedict and blueberry coconut french toast.
My aunt makes a blueberry cream cheese french toast bake that is wonderful for brunch. I love so brunch so much that I got married in the morning so that I could have brunch at my reception!
Homemade muffins!
I love crepes, just wishing I was better at making them.
a lovely vegan banana bread with a fruit salad on the side.
veggie frittatas
Pumpkin french toast casserole!
I love that you're supporting Fair Trade! And this french toast looks heavenly. 🙂 One of my newer favorite brunch recipe is Dana's coconut cream pie french toast over at Minimalist Baker.
I love huevos rancheros!
I love a good baked oatmeal dish!
My favorite brunch recipe is scones (and Chai tea latte ). This recipe looks yummy.
We are big fans of French Toast, but we also love a good breakfast casserole. We have a recipe with sausage, potatoes, eggs, and cheese that we love.
Fair Trade is awesome. This French toast sounds divine!
I'm a Texas girl, so my favorite brunch must include migas! Eggs scrambled with onion, tomato, green chilis, cheese and tortilla strips. Heaven!
I love brunch! My favorite is dough boys. It's sort of like fried biscuits. It's my great grandmothers recipe that was passed down to my grandmother, then to my mother, and now my sister and I make them.
Mmmm, brunch. I love some waffles with fresh fruit or plain yogurt and maple syrup.
My favorite brunch recipe is for some delicious high-protein buckwheat pancakes smothered in sunflower and hemp nut butter and layered with fresh strawberry slices. Mmmmm!
French Toast is always incredible. But you've added my favorite thing of life: bourbon. And who doesn't want to start a weekend morning with a little bourbon, huh?
What a great cause! For a savory breakfast, huevos rancheros or a veggie frittata are my favorites. If I'm in the mood for something sweet, banana pancakes are always a winner.
My favorite brunch is a potato and herb frittata
Gingered dutch baby topped with fruit stewed in maple syrup.
I love making Eggs Benedict homemade hollandaise sauce, poached egg on gluten free toast !
Migas!
Homemade cinnamon rolls! And bacon, natch.
Ham and Gruyere Croque Madame
Yummers
egg in a hole
I'm definitely a savory breakfast girl. Love making stratas, or even just savory French toast. My next project is learning how to make Belizean-style stuffed fry bread.
WAFFLES
Kale and mushroom quiche is my favorite brunch recipe
Cinnamon Rolls and pastries!
I love making hashes for brunch, they're so quick and easy, and especially delicious!
Cinnamon rolls!
Huevos rancheros quesadillas!
I love Eggs Benedict and French Toast and Bacon and Mimosas and Huevos Rancheros! I just love brunch! 🙂
Erin, Your recipe looks delicious and your photos are fantastic! Good luck with the contest!
I love baked stuffed french toast for brunch...especially when fresh raspberries are in season.
These look absolutely delicious! Bananas and bourbon go together perfectly in my book. I love sweet breakfasts like this for brunch. With a mimosa 🙂
Ricotta pancakes with fruity compote are great for a sweet brunch, but you can never have too many egg tacos! Be sure to add plenty of avocado.
I have just become a food photographer, and i wanted to comment that your photos are great. I also thing your recipes etc are too 🙂
Cooks Illustrated buttermilk pancakes substituting half the flour for buckwheat flour. Maybe some type of fruit/fruit compote on top, but definitely lots of warm maple syrup!
Crepes with fruit!
I love a great spinach, feta, and sun dried tomato omelet for brunch, along with a piece of whole wheat toast with honey 🙂
My favorite brunch recipe is always quiche with what ever fresh vegetables I have in my garden, and fruit salad.
I am usually a sucker for savory, but there's always an exception when gingerbread pancakes come to the table!!
We love a veggie fritatta with fresh mushrooms, spinach, onions, garlic and feta cheese. We usually serve this with sweet potato home fries and some kind of homemade fruit scone or muffin. Yum!!!
Thanks! Happy Mother's Day!
Favorite brunch recipe has to be the cannoli stuffed french toast recipe over at twopeasandtheirpod.com!
French toast is a good one, or a cheese omelette. Yum.
I love eggs benedict. Anything with poached eggs is a winner in my book 🙂
French toast is my brunch specialty!
My favorite brunch recipe...is so hard to decide!
I'm all about eggs at brunch; they keep me full for a while. My favorites would be a caramelized onion & mushroom tart, asparagus & kale frittata, or a multiple-cheese quiche...OR a omelet with lots of fresh herbs & a tiny pat of butter on top. YUM!
Soft-scrambled eggs on garlicky toast with greens.
not much of a brunch eater myself so i would have to say i don't have any favorites
new to me --- Crepes! You can make savory or sweet, or both!
Ooooh that sounds delicous we love french toast!
My favorite brunch recipe for a group is this Dutch pastry (Because I always have enough eggs and I can make it the night before):
http://www.themessyorganicmum.com/2014/03/dutch-pastry.html
If it just me and the family, I love buttermilk pancakes from The Animal Farm's buttermilk Cookbook.
http://www.themessyorganicmum.com/2013/12/the-buttermilk-cookbook.html
Thanks for the giveaway. I love your recipes.
I love pancakes and waffles but my favorite is baked French toast with lots of home made syrup and cinnamon and home made whipped cream. Yummy!
Whole-wheat pancakes with maple almond butter and syrup for the sweet, plus scrambled eggs and bacon-wrapped asparagus (in the spring!) for the salty and savory.
Love this giveaway on so many levels!
I love fruit for brunch!
Orange cinnamon rolls & omelettes!
My favorite is definitely banana pancakes or waffles with berries and whipped cream!
I love fresh fruit, bagels, and hot tea!
I love a delicious Dutch baby with powdered sugar and lemon juice!
I love a good ham and gruyere quiche!
I love a good omelet full of fresh veggies for brunch! If we are having company I'll do a fritatta instead 🙂
A good omelet and pancakes!
I love a good waffle for brunch but it might be time to mix it up with some decadent french toast!
I like mimosas, scrambled eggs, and waffles with strawberries and bananas.
Bloody Mary!
Pancakes are always worth the effort in our house.
Bagels and lox! It's not much of a recipe (which might be why I like it), but I never get tired of it 🙂
Dutch Baby with blueberries and bananas!
Also, anything with a poached egg
My favorite brunch recipe are Huevos Tacos con Queso. Delicious! 🙂
I Like Roasted Pepper Frittata.
Sautéed butternut squash cubes and kale alongside an omelet with goat cheese inside!
I'm partial to quiche for brunches, but a big pot of grits and some fried eggs is a close second.
French toast is my favorite, so I'll definitely have to give this one a try!
ugh its so hard to choose a favorite recipe!! i'd have to go with kale and cheese omelet!
My mother's famous butternut squash quiche!
Pancakes all the way!
I love strawberry french toast!
This is so cheating, but I love making Trader Joe's Almond Croissants. Other than that, it's homemade biscuits with sorghum for sure.
My mom was a short order cook in her twenties, so she can whip up eggs like a pro—overeasy eggs and wheat toast with coconut oil (our favorites) always remind me of her!
My favorite brunch right now though is avocado toast topped with a poached egg, coconut oil and lots of crushed red pepper, or shakshuka...extra jalopenos!
I like Eggs Benedict
vegan omelet, grits and greens
I'm planning on making my mother in law one of my favorite brunch recipes: german pancakes! (topped w/ strawberries - her fave!)
This looks like dessert! Yum!
I like frittatas w/ fruit for brunch.
Strawberry topped waffles!
french toast.... or bacon. but bacon is specific to brunch. although nor is french toast... i enjoy breakfast foods at all times of the day.
Sundried tomato, mushroom and spinach quiche
Fried eggs in pepper rings with bottomless mimosas!
Oatmeal all day, every day.
I'd love to try the tea.
For brunch, I really like a good quiche lorraine.
I don't cook brunch- I'm on dinner duty! - but I love my husband's fresh caught home-smoked salmon quiche and my mother in law's puff pancake with sour cream and strawberries.
This looks really delicious. Also, I love both Honest Tea (the unsweetened) and Choice teas.
I have a recipe for pumpkin spice belgian waffles and it is definitely one of my favorites. Red velvet waffles are delicious, too.
For me it has got to be huevos rancheros
Strata is my favorite!
Eggs Benedict!
poached eggs.
My favorite is a local Mexican brunch -- it has waffles and regular American stuff, but also Mexican favorites and American items with a Mexican flair.
My favorite brunch recipe is zucchini frittata.
Baked oatmeal!