Easy, Make Ahead Mother’s Day Brunch Ideas - Tanglewood Moms

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 leeks, white and lightest green part only, cleaned and chopped
• 5 ounces baby spinach, roughly chopped
• 1 cup half and half
• 1 cup mascarpone cheese (can be found in the deli section of most grocery stores)
• 7 large eggs
• Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
• Dash of your favorite hot sauce
• ½ loaf rustic whole grain or seeded bread, torn into bite-sized chunks
• 4 ounces brie, cut into chunks
• 1 bunch thin asparagus, woody stems removed, cut into 1 inch pieces
• ½ cup frozen petit peas, thawed
• ½ bunch fresh dill or tarragon, roughly chopped
• 8 stale croissants (be sure to get these at least the day before as fresh croissants will disintegrate!)
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
• 5 large eggs
• 2 cups half and half
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup granulated sugar
• Pinch salt
• Zest of 1 orange
• 6 ounces good quality semisweet or dark chocolate chips
• 1 cup blueberries
• 1 cup sliced strawberries
• 1 cup raspberries
• 1 cup blackberries
• 1 cup sugar