Mother’s Day gift ideas for foodie moms

Psst … Mother’s Day is coming. It’s Sunday, May 11. If you haven’t gotten anything for your mom yet, you still have time. And, if your mom is a foodie, I have some ideas for you.

A cookbook.
Really. We foodies love them. And, since there are so many of them out there, you can choose one based on her style of cooking:

• Michael Symon’s 5 in 5: 5 Fresh Ingredients +5 Minutes =120 Fantastic Dinners
• The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food From My Frontier 
• What’s for Dinner? Delicious Recipes for a Busy Life
• Giada’s Feel Good Food: My Health Recipes and Secrets 
• Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes you can Trust
• It’s all Good: Delicious, Easy Recipes that Will Make you Look Good and Feel Great by Gwyneth Paltrow
• The Southern Pie Book

A subscription to a good food magazine.
If she’s truly a foodie, she loves reading about food and the people who make it, finding new recipes and discovering new ingredients to use:

• Food Network Magazine 
•  Bon Appétit
• Cooking Light
• Food and Wine
• Cook’s Illustrated
• Every Day with Rachael Ray

High-tech kitchen gadgets.
Foodies love kitchen gadgets. If she also loves high tech stuff, she’ll probably enjoy receiving one of these high-tech kitchen gadgets  from Mashable.

Cook for her.
Lastly, and perhaps most important, make her a meal. I find that people are often intimidated and don’t want to cook for foodies because, well, foodies are usually great cooks. However, if your mom is a foodie, she’s probably always cooking. It’s time to give her a break. Plus, she’s your mom. She’ll love whatever you make. Trust me on this one.

Try one of these recipes for dinner. They’re all simple and delicious. And she’ll love you for it.

• Braised chicken thighs with carrots, potatoes and thyme 
• Pan-fried chicken with bacon and asparagus
• Gnocchi with bacon and escarole
• Taco melts

Or, just make her a sweet treat. These are all simple as well. And, she’ll love you for it.

• Super-rich chocolate cake 
• Chewy sugar cookies
• Make a boxed cake and top it with homemade strawberry frosting
• Chocolate chip cookies

I hope you and your mom have a great day. For all of my fellow foodie moms, Happy Mother’s Day.