Happy Mother’s Day!

As Mother’s Day is quickly approaching, I've been thinking about just how important mothers are to our little community and all around the world. Mother’s push society forward - they are entrepreneurs, business women, health care professionals, caretakers, farmers, and so much more. Motherhood is no small task, it requires endless sacrifice, faithful love, enduring patience, and incredible stamina. Being a mother is a powerful act of love, whether to biological children, foster children, adopted children, step children…. the list is endless. Motherhood comes in many forms, and every single form has infinite value.  

I did some research on the history of Mother’s Day and discovered that the celebration of Mother’s Day actually started in the 1900’s when a daughter named Anna Jarvis conceived the idea as a way of honoring the sacrifices mothers made for their children. With this Idea, Jarvis was backed financially by a Philadelphia department store owner named John Wanamaker, and in May 1908 she organized the first official Mother’s Day celebration at a Methodist church in Grafton, West Virginia! After the success of her first Mother’s Day, Jarvis—who actually remained unmarried and childless her whole life—resolved to see her holiday added to the national calendar, which eventually of course, it did.  

We recognize that our community would not be able to function, let alone exist, without the hard work, dedication and love of the mothers around us. I hope we take a lesson from Anna, who as she reflected on the life of her own mother after her passing, decided to create a way to honor all mothers.

I hope you take the time to celebrate the mothers or mother figures in your life, because they are far too often overlooked for all that they are and all that they do! Below, I’m going to attach a recipe to one of my favorite things to have on Mother’s Day, a frittata! Try making this for one of the mothers or mother figures in your life. I am of the strong opinion that mothers deserve way more homemade frittatas than they tend to get. 

TUCKER&CO. BAKERY CAFE FRITTATA

12 eggs

1 cup oat milk

½ tsp salt

½ tsp pepper

½ cup sliced mushrooms

½ cup finely chopped scallions

½ cup goat cheese crumbles

½ cup finely chopped herbs of your choice (parsley, basil, thyme, rosemary)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Roast ½ cup of mushrooms, ½ cup of scallions in 1 tablespoon of oil for 7 minutes.

3. Mix eggs, oat milk, salt, pepper, and herbs.

4. Pour egg mixture over mushrooms and scallions.

5. Top with goat cheese crumbles.

6. Bake for 20-25 minutes, checking if the eggs wiggle (once they stop wiggling, they are done)