I have so many special meals that it's hard to pick just one. If I am cooking it is my chicken and noodles - but no one else wants to do it for fear of messing it up. (Which I can understand, I wouldn't have fixed it for my mother either - hers was the best!) But my DH and kids were cooking so it was carne asada with our macaroni /shrimp salad, and potato salad (which I made the day before because it always tastes better the second day).
We love to go out to eat but not on Mother's Day, Valentines Day, or any holiday. Those are days to be together at home with family. (It can be any member's home - it just needs to be at a home.)