To celebrate Mom's big day, we asked some students at Second Street Children's School to share the recipes of their favorite Mom-made dishes.
Some of the answers impressed us, some amused us and some surprised us. Mac 'n cheese minus the mac?
Charm factor aside, we definitely would not recommend trying any of these recipes at home.
So, Happy Day, Mom. Let the kiddos cook for you today, if you dare.
Aralin Cajas, 5
Mom's best dish: Brownies with special cream.
• 2 squirts whipped cream.
• 1 pink stuff (it's like bubblegum and candy).
• Chocolate.
• Put chocolate in baker, cut in half, put in whipped cream.
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Plans for Mother's Day? "Make the brownies (Editor's note: beware, Mom!) and draw her a heart and give her gifts and stuff."
Finn Erik Vikingur, 5
Mom's best dish: "Brownie with something in it."
Recipe:
• "Something really good in it."
• Put sugar, brown stuff, and frosting on it. Cherry on top.
Favorite thing about Mom: "She takes me to ice cream."
Scarlett Reed, 5
Mom's best dish: Mashed potatoes.
Recipe:
• One knife of butter.
• A little bit of milk.
• Put in oven, wait.
Favorite thing about Mom: "She makes really good brownies."
Brennan Doty, 5
Mom's best dish: Brownies.
Recipe:
• Chocolate all around.
• 5 chocolate chips.
• "Make chocolate, put chips in it. That's it."
Favorite thing about Mom: "She talks nice."
Maxine Polson, 6
Mom's best dish: Mashed potatoes with special gravy.
Recipe:
• 2 potatoes.
• Cut potatoes, smash them, cook them, cool them.
Favorite thing about Mom: "She lets me do lots of things with my friend."
Finn Jansen, 4
Mom's best dish: "I like all her things but not all of it."
Mother's day plans: "I'm going to make her a breakfast burger with my Dad."
Bodhi Marks, 5
Mom's best dish: "Every sweet and yummy thing she can possibly make," he said, rubbing his belly.
Recipe:
• "I can't tell you ingredients because there is too much."
Favorite thing about Mom: "She is sweet to me."
Present for Mother's Day? "Uh-huh."
Josephine Hanley, 5
Mom's best dish: Macaroni and cheese.
Recipe:
• 2 scoops each of cheese and milk.
• Put cheese and milk in cup. Pour it.
Present for Mother's day? "I don't know; Dad bought it."
Molly Urbon-Bonine, 6
Mom's best dish: Banana bread.
Recipe:
• A lot of nuts.
• 1 egg.
• 2 cups flour.
• Mix it. Crack eggs. Put in bananas.
Her gift for Mother's Day: "A book, because she likes to read."
Henry Masursky, 5
Mom's best dish: Chocolate tarts.
Recipe:
• Chocolate.
• Crust.
• Sweet and sour chocolate chips.
• Put a bunch of chocolate chips in pot. Wait until it's melted. Get it in crust. Bake it then it's ready.
Favorite thing about Mom? "When she's baking, I get to help."
Orion Abrell, 5
Mom's best dish: Spaghetti with pesto and hotdogs.
Recipe:
• Sliced hotdog.
• 2 spoonfuls pesto.
• Buy spaghetti from store, make pesto. Cook.
Present for Mom's day? "I drawed her some pictures."
Iliana Geronov, 6
Mom's best dish: Tacos.
Recipe:
• Any amount of beans and rice.
• 3 or 4 avocados.
• Put taco on a board. Put board in oven. Put beans and rice in a pot. Cut up avocados.
Favorite part about Mom's tacos:"It's really yummy, and I like it."
Greta Birkenbine, 5
Mom's best dish: Kale with salt on it
Recipe:
• 7 or 8 kale.
• 9 or 10 salt
• Buy kale from store, cook it at home, put salt on it.
Present for Mother's Day?: "A heart box with jewelry in it."
Rowan Pierce, 5
Mom's best dish: French Toast.
Recipe:
• 5 cups flour.
• 2 eggs.
• Put flour and eggs in microwave for 30 minutes.
Favorite thing about Mom? "She makes it."
Kai Schelble, 4
Mom's best dish: "Pancakes! But I actually like everything she makes."
Recipe:
• 2 cups flour.
• 2 eggs.
• "She blends it, cooks it in frying pan, then you eat it and it's really good."
Present for Mom's Day: "Some more pajama shorts."
Nico Boving, 6
Mom's best dish: Mashed potatoes with butter and ham.
Recipe:
• 6 or 10 mashed potatoes.
• 1 piece ham.
• 1 slice butter.
• Mash potatoes, put butter in. Put on top of stove.
Favorite thing about Mom: "A lot of things I can't really tell you."
Mary Bosco, 5
Mom's best dish: Blueberry pancakes.
Recipe:
• 2 eggs.
• Flour.
• A couple of blueberries.
• Put on the stove. Throw blueberries on it, cook it, then flip pancakes.
Favorite thing about Mom? "She's really nice."
Ailsa Douglas, 5
Mom's best dish: Pasta
Recipe:
•"She buys it from the store, pours with hot water, I stir it and taste it and say, 'It's good, Mama!'"
Favorite thing about Mom: "That I was born on Mother's Day." (Mom Jenny Douglas, director of the school, confirmed.)
Alina Ristow, 5
Mom's best dish: Macaroni and cheese.
Recipe:
• Water in pot.
• Little bag of cheese.
• Boil Water. After it boils put macaroni and cheese in. Wait. Put in cheese. Eat it.
Favorite thing about Mom: "I love her."
Maddie McCaskill, 6
Mom's best dish: Rice with food vinegar
Recipe:
• 1 spoonful vinegar.
• 1/2 bag of rice
• Cook it, warm it up, and put in bowl to eat.
Favorite thing about Mom: "She helps us when we're sad."
Adam Sommers, 6
Mom's best dish: Bean and rice burrito.
Recipe:
• "Beans and rice, of course."
• "Use tortilla, put beans in it, definitely some rice."
Mother's Day plans? "Maybe get a present."
Claudia Steller, 6
Mom's best dish: Pasta
Recipe:
• 3 cucumbers.
• 2 shredded carrots.
• 1 ginger.
• Cook on stove, put it in water, eat it.
Plans for Mother's Day? "All I know is we're going out to eat."
On StarNet: More recipe confections from the Second Street Childrens School students at azstarnet.com/gallery
Tayler Wancour is a University of Arizona student who is an apprentice at the Star. Contact her at 573-4117 or at starapprentice@azstarnet.com