Thanksgiving Meal 2011

This year my mom's family was in town from New Jersey to enjoy Thanksgiving with us. They arrived on Tuesday and left on Saturday. The turkey, which my dad made, was amazing. A lot of people were involved in making the Thanksgiving meal. My dad made the turkey, my mom made the corn pudding, my aunt made the roasted vegetables and salad, my brother and I made the stuffing, My cousin Nell chopped and pealed much of the produce that went into the meal, my uncle made the mashed potatoes, and my uncle made the pies with my mom. The house was full of flavors from the cooking of every dish. The turkey was so juicy. Having one bite of everything, made me feel like I was in heaven of food. The turkey was stuffed with handfuls of herbs. My dad didn't put any stuffing in the bird which made the bird incredibly good with just the herbs. In other blog posts I will post about all of the wonderful sides we had with the turkey. Everybody did something in the kitchen to make the Thanksgiving meal a great one.

The Best donuts Ever!

This donut shop in Grand Marais, Minnesota is the best. They have at least 15 kinds of donuts made at once. It is located right by the water of Lake Superior. This is a small shop but it is worth stopping by there if you are traveling the North Shore in Minnesota. The donut shop is called "The Worlds Best Donuts". They have glazed donuts, dipped donuts, and along with a few more varieties. I have been there twice and I have almost fainted each time when I had my first bite of my donut. The donut shop is right by the Angry Trout Cafe in Grand Marais MN, which I mentioned in one of my other posts. The link below will get you right to the website of the Worlds Best Donut Shop.

http://www.worldsbestdonutsmn.com/

The Angry Trout Cafe

This cafe is one of the best fish restaurants in Minnesota. The fish is caught right in Lake Superior which is about 25 feet away from the restaurant. There are about 4 docks that you can walk out on and see the boats that they use to catch your meal. This restaurant is in Grand Marais, Minnesota. It is about 110 miles away from Downtown Duluth. The restaurant also gets some of the fish they use to prepare the meals from The Dockside Fish Market next door. The Dockside smokes their own fish and has a little dinning area inside. We happened to try their Whitefish spread that was outstanding on a fresh baguette. The fish market gives some of the fish it catches to the Angry Trout next door. I will post both links one to the Angry Trout and one to The Dockside fish market next door.

http://www.angrytroutcafe.com/

http://www.docksidefishmarket.com/

The Scenic Cafe

One of the best cafe's I have been to is the New Scenic Cafe. This Cafe is very kid friendly. It is on Lake Superior which is always a great thing. Most of the ingredients are local or organic which makes a healthy living. The Scenic Cafe has outdoor seating when it is nice enough outside with a beautiful flower garden in the outdoor seating. If you are driving up north this is a wonderful place to stop and have a bite to eat. The Scenic Cafe is 15.4 miles out of the city of Duluth, MN. The restaurant has many windows on the inside which makes a lot of natural able to luminate the restaurant on any kind of day. The walls are made out of wood, which makes you nice and relaxed inside the restaurant with a lot of artwork hanging on the walls. The link below will take you to the site of the New Scenic Cafe.

http://www.sceniccafe.com/

Best Italian Restaurant

Do you wonder where the best Italian restaurant is? Well the answer to that question is Bellisio's Italian Restaurant in Duluth, Minnesota. This restaurant is right on the water of the Duluth Harbor. The good thing about this restaurant is it is kid friendly. I have been to this restaurant 2 times and the food was great there. If you live in the Minneapolis area it's about a 2 and 1/2 hours away. All of the pasta there is homemade. The sauces are homemade and many other items are as well. When you are done with your meal you might like to take a walk out on the pier and look out on the lake and see what you can find or you can go to one of the thousands of gift shops in downtown Duluth. The site below is the link right to the website of Bellsios's restaurant. People think that Bellisio's is the best italian restaurant in Minnesota. It may seem like an Olive Garden from the outside but once you walk in "Welcome To The Land of Italian Food".

http://www.grandmasrestaurants.com/bellisios/