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The folks at Waitrose.com have asked us to find out what you'd like your child(ren) to cook or prepare for you on Mother's Day - it could be child-friendly baking recipes, or more elaborate ones that they would need help with.

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Well I'd really like a bacon, mushroom and fried egg sarnie (with toast rather than bread) but my kids are 4 and 2, so it's more likely to be sponge cakes with horrendous amounts of sprinkles on

I'd just love a nice bacon, sausage and runny fried egg sandwich. Better get DP to do it though as my little DD is only 8mo!

My DD (3) would have to make me the world's quickest choc cake:

8oz SR flour
8oz butter
8oz sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp baking powder
Approx 1 TBSP coca powder depending on how chocolatey you like it.

Shove all above in big bowl and mix then bung in two tins in oven on 180 degrees for about 40mins - has never failed me. When cool, spread with buttercream and decorate, or just sprinkle top with sugar and put jam or marmalade in the middle.

DS (14 months) will sit and play with the spoon/eat flour for the time it takes to get the cake in the oven.

Second the scrambled eggs and smoked salmon I like mine on a nice bagel again with a glass of orange juice topped up with champagne DH has refined his kitchen supervision skills to a tee now - this year he plans to sit upstairs and let the DC get on with it -
BUT you just can't beat a cup of tea in bed brought to you by your little girl - it will always be the best

I would get something chocolatey for pudding but the starter would be scallops which I love. But would any of it actually get to me or would the food be "tasted" until there was none left? My daughter aged 10 has promised me these so fingers crossed!

I would love my DCs to make me a 5 minute boiled egg with toast soldiers. And a nice cup of tea.

This will be my first mothers day as a mum. So i would love it if my DH got up and 'helped' my almost 1 year old to make me breakfast in bed - a slice of toast with a lovely jam on it, with a nice cup of tea ...and me and my little girl could share toast soldiers in bed together as she loves her finger food. Not much of a recipe -

ingredients, toast, butter, jam, cute baby and comfy bed. Fab.

I would like my DC to make me some chocolate chip brioche for breakfast.

Last year DD made me Special K with vanilla ice cream, sprinkles and Maltesers for breakfast on Mother's Day. Unsurprisingly she also made herself a bowl too. It was heavenly.

DD has chosen heart shaped cookies. I won't complain!

Blueberry muffins - so easy but yummy. Although if it's a special occasion like mother's day I'd be happier if the blueberries were swapped for chocolate chips!

300g SR flour, 75g caster sugar, 120ml veg oil, same of milk, handful of fruit or choc chips and an egg. Stir it all together, put into muffin cases, sprinkle a little sugar on top and bake for about 20 mins on about 180. So easy for children to do.

Please could I have:
-scrambled eggs (soft and moist, not dry) with smoked salmon bits and a bit of black pepper

• two slices of toast, one with homemade marmalade
• 1 milky real coffee

(at the table please! I hate crumbs in bed) Thank you lovely children

I would like a fruit salad
Blueberries, strawberries, banana, and pomegranate [sp?]
DD can do this, she enjoys chopping

Followed by scrambled eggs on either granary toast with butter (NOT MARGE) and marmite, or buttered bagel and smoked salmon.
DS can do this.

Lunch - gin

Roast lamb for dinnter - DH will do this

BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO CLEAR UP AFTER THEM

I would get my DC to do our family favourite: Honey Soy Chicken. They would just need a hand with getting it out of the oven, otherwise dead simple (especially served with a simple rocket salad & crusty bread) & delicious. It also works really well with salmon - but that is better fried in a pan, remaining juices added at the end.

Pudding - strawberries & cream or ice cream

HONEY/SOY CHICKEN

8 chicken thighs
About 1/2 bottle soy sauce (Small bottle)
3/4 tablespoons of runny honey
2/3 cloves of crushed garlic (or large teaspoon from jar)
About 1cm fresh ginger crushed (or large teaspoon from jar)
Generous tablespoons Chinese rice wine vinegar
Optional: 1 red chilli, de-seeded & finely chopped

METHOD:

1. Mix all ingredients together, pour over chicken

in a tupperware container with lid on

1. Shake container and refrigerate for 2 hours.

1. Put the chicken pieces skin side down in an oven

proof dish and place in the oven at 160 or gas mark 4 for half an hour.

1. Turn the chicken skin side up and cook for

a further 20/30 mins.

Great with rice & green veg or salad & crusty bread.

The only meal ds likes to help with is hash brown casserole and angel delight.

Layer half a bag of hash browns into a square casserole dishi pour over half the soup mixture consisting of-
2 cans cream of mushroom soup (original recipe yes cream of chicken, but we prefer mushroom)
Half tsp pepper
2tsp onion powder
Half cup milk

Sprinkle with grated cheese
repeat layers

top with buttered cornflakes
(quarter cup melted butter mixed with 3cups semi crushed cornflakes)

Bake at 350f for 45mins.

And do you really need instruction for angel delight? Butterscotch or banana for me

My DD's are too small so far, although my DSD did make me a ham and cheese omlette when I was poorly. She hasn't shown any signs of repeating it though, and she's 13 now.

My DD1 (2.5) made cereal this morning for her and her sister/cousin so I would have to say that's what I would like for mothers day.

Recipe: Open packet, put cereal in bowl, add milk (apparently optional as she can't yet reach the fridge!).

Perfect

Itwasthepenguins That hash brown casserole sounds lush! Do you have to cook the hash browns first?

DS is nothing if not ambitious - last Mother's day, when he was 8, I got heston's cherry and chocolate pudding - I had to invite people round to help eat it up

TheTempest nope.. just frozen.
It's really quick to prepare, just mix the soup mix in a jug and pour over and forget it!

I'd love Eggs Benedict but I'm on a diet and Dh is only a marginally better cook than 4 year old DS and will be hampered by 2 year old DD so...

Thick, American style blueberry pancakes, topped with extra blueberries and a little runny honey or maple syrup served with a glass of orange juice.

or toasted bagels with butter and runny honey to dip pieces into. Simple but delicious.

Blueberry Pancakes recipe -

Beat 1 egg with 300mls of milk
Mix 200g self-raising flour, with 1 tsp baking powder and a pinch of salt then whisk in the milk mixture to make a smooth batter.
Gently mix in half of a punnet of blueberries.
Heat a little oil or some butter in a large frying pan and add the batter with a tablespoon to make small pancakes.

When bubbles appear on the top of the pancakes, flip and cook on the other side until golden.
Serve with the rest of the blueberries and some maple syrup or honey.

DD toasts a couple of slices of bread, spreads them with redcurrant jelly (or seedless raspberry jam if we have run out), tops with slices of brie and pops under the grill until melted. If I'm really lucky she'll top it with a slice of crispy bacon, add a cuppa and I'm in heaven!

We have a tradition of 'mothers' day pudding' in our house. This is essentially Eton mess which is ideal for very small children and as they get bigger they can help with whipping the cream. The basic steps are:

1. Bash some bought meringues into small bits
2. Whip some cream and add to the meringues
3. Add fresh mixed berries in a decorative fashion, testing as you go
4. Give to mummy in a large bowl
5. Enjoy

i have three beautiful babies that could all deliver some super delights(kinda of!)
with the help of their father (an accomplished but non practicing cook!) they would most likely prepare a delicious scrambled eggs and smoked salmon on toast - a simple but wonderful breakfast, delivered by my babies and loved by us all! ox

DS (aged 3) regularly makes cakes for me, made out of playdoh, fluff, raisins and buttons. He bakes them in his special oven (the shelf under the baby change unit).