The best Mothers Day Dinner ideas are easy to make and are simply delicious! Making dinner for your Wife or Mother is an excellent way to show her you love her! It’s especially great if you make her dinner, and then clean it up (Like the cherry on top!)

Why Make a Special Mothers Day Dinner?
Mother’s Day is the perfect time to express thanks for the care, support, and love your mother (or your wife) gives you (or your children). A special dinner is a thoughtful way to say “thank you” that She will appreciate!
A special dinner creates a memorable occasion dedicated to her. It provides an opportunity for quality time together for conversation and bonding, which are especially meaningful to mothers.
Preparing a memorable meal is a reminder of your love and appreciation and it means they can relax and enjoy the meal without having to cook or clean up. It’s a way to pamper her on her special day. And, for my family, it’s a tradition! A special dinner can be a beautiful surprise, making your mother feel valued and loved.

You can pair this simple strawberry walnut salad with any of the main dishes below for a perfect Mothers Day Dinner! It’s springy, light, fresh and just the right amount of sweet! Even the kids love it!

The Best Main Dishes for Mothers Day
Slow Roasted Boston Butt Roast
You can serve this oven-roasted Pork Butt Roast with salad and rolls for a perfect meal. Serve as pulled pork or as a tender fall apart roast. This recipe only uses 1 pan but takes hours… So start early!
This tender marinated Boston Pork Butt Roast Recipes practically falls apart as you cut it! This Boston Butt Pork Roast is perfect on its own, as pulled pork, and many other ways. It’s rubbed with simple seasonings and slow roasted for hours and hours, for tender fall apart pork!
This is a perfect recipe for Mothers Day Dinner and special occasions when you’re feeding a crowd!

Fresh Ham Roast Dinner
This Fresh ham roast is brined, seasoned and roasted to tender perfection. So, start this one the day before mothers day too! It’s light and delicious and perfect for Mothers Day! It also goes wonderfully with the Strawberry Walnut Salad!
Fresh Ham roasts are different from other types of ham like pre-cooked ham, spiral-cut ham, ham steaks, country ham, city ham, cured ham, whole ham, and half ham. Fresh Ham Roast is fresh because it is uncured, uncooked, and unsmoked… It has not been processed in any way. Most hams are cured, but ham roast isn’t cured at all… It’s “fresh” like : rump roast, pork shoulder roast, etc.

Easy Oven Roast Beef
Classic roast beef is simple and easy to make and goes great with all sorts of sides and salads! Rump Roast beef sounds like it’s complicated to cook, but it’s really simple! All you need is a high quality rump roast and some simple herbs to make a rump roast recipe that’s tender and flavorful.
Rump roast beef is pretty inexpensive, compared to other beef cuts, plus you get yummy leftovers for lunch and roast beef sandwiches! I’m sharing the simple ingredients and instructions you need to make this easy dinner yourself.

Tender Smoked Brisket
This tender slow smoked brisket is a crowd-pleaser for sure! It takes some patience and time so get started with it a day or two before Mothers Day!
This recipe is an all-inclusive guide for you to make perfectly Smoked Brisket… every time! I take you through trimming, seasoning, and slow smoking for a juicy tender brisket. You’ll want to save this one because it will be a favorite!

Simple Country Style Pork Ribs
Country-style pork ribs are a good alternative to grilling out… Especially if it’s still acold or windy and grilling isn’t a good option!
These tender Country Style Ribs are super easy and perfect when it’s too cold to grill outside! Serve them with mashed potatoes and homemade gravy or rolls and a salad… You’ll be whipping up this recipe, inside or outdoors, all year round!

Coconut Crusted Pork Chops with Pineapple Pan Sauce
These tropical pork chops are loaded with pina colada flavors or coconut and pineapple wit a hint of heat! It’s an easy recipe that takes less than an hour and is budget friendly!


About Juliea
Juliea Huffaker is the creator of Farmhouse Harvest, and dedicated to teaching from-scratch cooking, sourdough baking, gardening, and food preservation. With over 25 years of hands-on experience she has preserved hundreds of jars of produce, mastered the art of meats and sourdough baking, and nurtured a thriving organic garden. Her recipes and articles have been featured across the web. And she’s passionate about inspiring others to embrace a simpler, self-sufficient life style.
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