From Diana Rattray,
Your Guide to Southern Food.
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Breakfast in bed is a wonderful way to honor Mom. Here are some recipe suggestions, including several extra-easy recipes. Pick and choose from the recipes below to start Mom's day with a very special homemade meal. Just add a generous amount of love to whatever you decide to serve, and you can't go wrong.

Special Breakfast Recipes

Eggs Benedict
Elegant eggs Benedict make a wonderful special breakfast or brunch. Eggs are poached then served on English muffin halves with tomato and ham slices and a delicious buttery sauce.

Eggs Florentine
An easy and attractive breakfast or brunch dish made with spinach, poached eggs, seasoned white sauce, and shredded cheese.

Cinnamon French Toast
French toast with a little ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla in the milk and egg batter. This particular French toast recipe is made a little lighter with 1 whole egg and 2 egg whites.

Farmer's Breakfast Skillet
A hearty breakfast all in one skillet. Skillet egg recipe includes eggs, potatoes, bacon, and shredded cheese.

Scrambled Eggs Deluxe
Eggs are scrambled with chopped tomato, sliced green onion, and seasonings.

New Mexican Stacked Enchiladas
Judy's stacked enchiladas are made with corn tortillas, cheese, enchilada sauce, and fried eggs.

Lisa's Blueberry Coffee Cake
This coffee cake is made with blueberries, butter, eggs, and an icing made with powdered sugar and milk.

Orange Peanut Breakfast Rolls
Breakfast puffs with chopped peanuts and grated orange peel.

Strawberry Rhubarb Coffee Cake
This coffee cake is made with a strawberry rhubarb filling.

Apple Crunch Muffins
These apple muffins are made with a brown sugar pecan topping.

Banana Waffles
Thinly sliced bananas are added to this waffle batter.

Orange Fizz
Ginger ale takes orange juice to a new level. For a very elegant drink, serve Mimosas, with orange juice and champagne.

Ambrosia
A delicious mixture of oranges and coconut, this makes a wonderful addition to a special breakfast.

Cantaloupe Smoothie
This smoothie is made with cantaloupe, skim milk, fat-free yogurt, and a little sugar. Tasty, refreshing, and fat-free!

Southern-Style Ham Biscuits
Biscuits are baked then split and spread with butter and slivers of country ham.

Buttermilk Biscuits
Use soft wheat flour for best results.

Sausage Gravy
Delicious sausage gravy to serve with grits or biscuits.

Extra-Easy Breakfast Recipes

Basic French Toast
A classic French toast made with eggs, milk, and white bread, served with maple syrup and butter.

Bacon and Egg Casserole
This breakfast casserole is made the night before, so all you have to do is pop it in the oven. Slices of bread are layered with beaten eggs, cooked bacon, and cheese, for a delicious homemade breakfast casserole.

Western Ham and Egg Casserole
This breakfast casserole is similar to the bacon and egg casserole, but for a larger family. Ingredients include bread, cheese, cooked ham, onion and green bell pepper, and eggs and milk.

Cousin Eva's Scrambled Eggs
Scrambled eggs are made special, with cream and Cheddar cheese.

Easy Cinnamon Rolls
Frozen bread dough makes these cinnamon rolls much easier.

Easy Apple Pancakes
These apple pancakes are easy to make, with pancake mix, applesauce, and cinnamon.

More Breakfast Recipes
Browse through these breakfast recipes for more ideas.

Egg Recipes
Breakfast Casseroles
French Toast Recipes
Cinnamon Rolls and Sweet Rolls
Coffee Cakes
Doughnuts and Fritters
Muffin Recipes
Pancakes and Waffles
Quick Bread Recipes
Grits Recipes