A round-up of the top foodie gifts available for your mum, whether she's more interested in cooking a cake – or eating it.
Affordable options
These spoons will be handy for years to come – even once you've grown up, your name will linger in your mum's kitchen, helping her out with soups, stews and cakes. £5.50 from notonthehighstreet.com
If your mum would rather be eating food than preparing it, you can put your name on a milk chocolate bar, plus a message on the back. It won't be around for anywhere near as long as a wooden spoon, but the personal touch (and the chocolate) is sure to be appreciated. £5.99 from gettingpersonal
A bit more for mum
These packed hampers come with a price tag ranging from £24.95 to £89.95. The cheaper options available feature chocolate or fruit sweets packaged in various attractive containers, while the more expensive tend to have the addition of a bottle of wine or Champagne.
Note that not all of these hampers include edible products, so please think twice before pouring your mum a lovely glass of boutique shower gel to sip.
Buyagift.com offers vouchers that entitle mum to enjoy an afternoon tea at locations across the UK. Prices vary, with the cheapest clocking in at £15 for two people.
This would be a good way to finish off a day out, so it's worth checking whether there are venues near you that take these vouchers.
A proper cuppa
Let mum really relax with this green tea collection. Green teas are packed with soothing flavours, and their delicate aromas are just the thing after a busy week.
This collection of green teas from Waterlily Tea House features four superb types of tea, each with their own subtle nuances.
Edible Bouquets incorporate two of the most popular Mother's Day gifts into one. And the flowers won't have wilted after a week (though they may very well have disappeared for another good reason). They come with or without chocolate.
Prices range from £30 upwards for bouquets, though boxed sweets or fruit baskets from the same website are a bit cheaper. If an edible bouquet might not be for you, there are other sweet options available to peruse here from the same supplier.
Tea growing gift set
It's always nice to have a plant or two around the house, and this one offers a very lovely practical purpose; your mum can harvest the white flowers and prized leaf tips direct from the plant to the pot.
It costs £35 from dosomethingdelicious.com and comes with Homegrown Tea, a book full of instructions and tips for making all sorts of teas from the plant. We think this is a really nice gift because it isn't just a one-off treat, but will live for years with good care.
Break the bank
Everything chocolate
Hotel Chocolat sell this hamper; it's completely over the top and therefore an absolute must for chocolate addicts who love to cook with their favourite ingredient.
Comes complete with cocoa pesto, cocoa pasta, salted caramel and pecan spread, drinking chocolate, and more chocolate.
For the truly foodie mum, a cookery course is just about the best present that we can think of.
At Leith's, prices tend to be around £140 for a half-day course, or roughly £800 for a week's worth of lessons.
There are a fair few lessons to choose from, but you can order a voucher of any given value to pass on, so that your mother can pick what she thinks she'll enjoy the most.
You can't put a price on this
Nothing will truly show your appreciation for mum quite like the hard effort you've put into cooking a great meal for her.
We've put together a recipe guide to help you through the day, from brunch to lunch, afternoon tea and some great main ideas for dinner.
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