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I rarely post a “photo blog”, but since I promised to share the pics, here it is:

Photo Blog – Walking Dead Dinner

If you have been following along you know that we hosted a themed dinner this past Sunday to welcome in Season 7 of The Walking Dead. Truth be told, the real reason we did it was for the comfort of chosen family when we knew at least one of our faves was meeting his demise. Needless to say, we ate before the grisly scenes. Here are some pics of the food, all themed to specific episodes, characters or thematic elements in the show. Do note the “Lucille” prop that the Hubs and the Offspring collaborated on for our table décor.

For me the coolest part of taking all these pics and posting some of them to my Instagram is that The Walking Dead show itself liked and commented on several of them. Color me nerdy, but that was a cheap thrill for me. Thanks to Friend Lillian for letting me know! I had several fangirl moments and high fives over that shit I can tell you!

Merle’s Buffalo BBQ Opossum Dip – clever themed name for a fave dip. Get the recipe HERE.

Mama Dixon’s Veggie Spoon Bread. Just the way Darryl likes it. Thanks Friend Lillian for sharing.

Shane's Frog Eye Salad - Israeli Couscous cubs for actual frogs' eyes in this pasta salad

Shane’s Frog Eye Salad – Israeli Couscous subs for actual frogs’ eyes in this pasta salad

The Bell Gang – smiling for the camera is not their forte…in fact they hate it.

Friends Joel and Lillian with the Offspring

The Hubs carving the meat. Check out the Walking Dead Shirt from Universal Studios Hollywood!

Bowl of Walker Blood Punch. Bulleit Bourbon and Fireball hit hard in this creeptastic punchbowl recipe.

Oh Terminus! Here is the main course of the evening – Dinner at Terminus. If you are a fan of the show, you get it.

Carol’s Casserole – my twist on Tuna Casserole. Fun fact – perfect post apocalyptic meal; all ingredients are shelf stable in the original recipe.

Carl had the celebratory can of “roof pudding” when he survived the walkers on his own. Our take on it.

Look at the Flowers Lizzie cupcakes. Flower shaped lemon cupcakes with limoncello glaze. I used this recipe as a guideline.

Apocalyptic Chocolate Chip Cookies by Friend Danielle. Recipe from Trader Joe’s

Coming next week – WIN the new cookbook from Tommy Bahama!

Apparently it has been nearly a month since I last posted, and during that time I have been preparing for The Walking Dead Themed Dinner (beware: video trailer may be disturbing to some viewers) for the season premiere this coming Sunday. If you aren’t a fan of the show, here’s a quick synopsis: Zombie apocalypse meets violence filled soap opera. I am an addict.

Friend Karen is all about the THEME. Whenever there is any kind of get together her first question is, “What’s the theme?” For our 25^th Anniversary party she wanted to know what the theme was…”It’s our 25^th anniversary! That’s the theme!” She wants costumes, decorations, planned themed food and party games, activities, whatever will drive home the point of the theme. If she was a fan, she’d be invited to The Walking Dead Themed Dinner and she’d LOVE IT!

The Walking Dead Themed Dinner to kick off the season sounds like it should be easy. With it being so close to Halloween, it was easy to find creepy recipe ideas online, but few fit the theme of The Walking Dead. Classic Halloween ideas are tombstones, brains (maybe), fingers, witches’ hats, bats, spiders, etc. Coming up with ideas for this dinner was a little trickier. I wanted to stay true to the show and have the menu reflect episodes, thematic elements, critical moments or things they actually eat in the show. Friend Dani said we should have beet and acorn cookies like Carol makes for Tobin.

Keeping that in mind, here is the menu for next Sunday. If you are a fan of the show these should ring bells for you:

Dinner at Terminus – kinda like this pic. Ribs smoked in the Big Green Egg and sausages from Kiolbassa
Main course for The Walking Dead – Dinner at Terminus
Look at the Flowers Lizzie Cupcakes – flower shaped lemon cupcakes (because the flowers were yellow)
Negan’s Bats – Pretzel rods with caramel and chocolate “barbed wire”
Shane’s Frog Eye Salad – frogs’ legs were too much bother to infer the frog catching scene with Carl. Vegan Israeli Couscous salad.
Carol’s Casserole – Tuna…just because and no one better drop my dish on the porch!
Punch Bowl of Blood
And of course Orange Crush

Watch my Instagram, Twitter and Facebook on Sunday for the images of the food and friends who show up to watch with us. Recipes to be posted soon. Too bad Nerdist Chris Hardwick can’t join us, but he’ll be busy. I am sure he’d be really impressed!

To view the photoblog – click HERE