AH – I just woke up! My lunch totally knocked me out – it was a sugar FEST!
Ben and I hopped over to my parent’s house to eat around 12, (don’t worry, he proclaimed he was sick not full, so he was well enough to go to lunch 
) and had the BEST meal! On the menu: Italian Sausage Sandwiches and Snickers Salad!
Now, my Italian Aunt makes the most incredible sausage sandwiches from a recipe that has been in her family for years. It pairs smoky, spicy Italian sausages with homemade tomato sauce. The kind of sauce that, according to my Aunt, every good Italian mother always has a stock of in the fridge!
The only problem is that my Aunt – and her sandwiches – are in OHIO, meaning we only get to enjoy them whenever we’re visiting!
Well, the last time my family and I went to Ohio my Mom got the recipe so she could try and recreate the sandwiches at home. Now, this sandwich and sauce recipe is not a “recipe” recipe – meaning, it’s “written” in my Aunt’s head – not on paper! Nevertheless, she tried the best she could to jot it down, wished my Mom luck, and we were on our way! 
Well, the luck worked – these sandwiches tasted JUST like my Aunts! Spicy marinara sauce, bold & zesty sausage, gooey cheese and crusty rolls – amazing! I’m so glad this recipe worked, because now we can have the sandwiches whenever we want – boo yah! Thanks Aunt Mary!
To go with our spicy sandwiches we had a cool and creamy Snickers Salad.
Crispy apples, sweet pineapple, mini marshmallows & chunky Snickers, covered in fluffy Cool Whip!
The sugar fest continued with some break-and-bake Snickerdoodles that apparently didn’t want to spread…
So strange!
And Angel Food Cake & Strawberry Parfaits!
Can you say summer in January? This was layers of fresh strawberries, chunks of angel food cake, and Cool Whip.
SO refreshing! My Mom usually makes this dessert every weekend in the summer, so it was truly a sight for sore eyes since it’s been so bitterly cold lately. Who knew strawberries could still be so sweet in the dead of winter?! 
Unfortunatly, the trifecta of Snickers Salad, a snickerdoodle and angel food cake was…mmm…a bit excessive, shall we say, and lead to a serious sugar coma and sugar crash nap! 
The prescription: more veggies and less sugar tomorrow!
This Grandma is going to go watch the Grammy’s in bed – I hope Britney makes an appearance!!!
Oh my God–all that sugar and I’d be up a wall. But it looks like a blast!
And I love family recipes like that, glad it came out so perfect
somedays you gotta indulge! i had never heard of snickers salad until i moved to iowa..i think its a midwest thing! hopefully it will spread more rapidly after this post.
Snickers salad? That is just about the coolest thing I have ever seen. I love your family so much. They have the BEST family dinners!
Are your parents looking to adopt another offspring by chance. I could totally make myself available for that!
And Ps- Sugar comas are totally worth it!
That all looks amazing…though i have to say I’ve never had snickers salad! We’ve never had any salad that was sweet and creamy like that… just not my family’s thing! BUT the parfaits? Everybody likes parfaits! I’m on a Shrek theme tonight, sorry
Snickers salad?? I love it.
Yummm those sausage sandwiches look great, and snickers salad!? So inventive, in a way I usually never see in the health blog world!
snickers salad? i have NEVER heard of anything like that before! sounds deadly
hope you get out of your sugar coma soon! i have a feeling we’ll be seeing lots of fruits and veggies tomorrow
I love good angel food cake, so light and fluffy!
Oh my goodness, I’m putting off making my dinner (out of laziness) and your post just made me SO HUNGRY! Hope you recover from the sugar crash
That snickers salad is the most interesting mixture of flavors I may have seen in a long time?! The sausage sammies look fantastic – and having an Italian boyfriend whom I just made homemade pasta sauce w/ sausage for for the first time – I’m learning that this is a must in the kitchen as well!
Your lunch looks like it was AMAZING… do you know if you have the recipe for the Snickers salad?? It looks amazing and I know my dad would love it for his birthday lunch!!
The parfait does look summery – Spring is just around the corner…
Enjoy the Grammy’s in bed =)
WOW that all looks great!! i love the parfait–so fresh!
My greatgrandmother had tons of those recipes. We convinced her to write down what she knew before she died so we still enjoy her food.
Are those snicker doodles homemade? Bill was just saying that he wanted me to make him some.
Never heard of Snickers salad…but it sounds amazing!
That Snickers salad seems so odd! Is that a traditional American dish? I’ve never heard of anything like that in England!
What a great lunch!
Those sandwiches look to die for!
Omg snicker salad! What?! Looks so good-
The desserts look so yummy!
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so any chance you will posted the recipe for that yummy Italian sausage recipe?!?! =)