Walking Dead Dinner Party

It's finally back! The Walking Dead has been on hiatus Since November, but the new episodes start this today! Being Atlantans, we are particularly vested in this show so several of us are getting together to watch it. Naturally I can't pass up such an obvious theme for a party. Just a low key dinner party full of blood and brains! Here are my preparations to get you started and I will be sure to post our party pics tomorrow. Then it's back to Valentine's Day schemes:)

So to start I'm doing a classic spaghetti bake. It's always yummy, thrifty and feeds a crowd. Here's a great easy recipe I will be following:

Easy Speedy Spaghetti Bake

1 lb ground turkey
1 box of spaghetti noodles
2 jars marinara sauce
1 clove garlic, grated
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, grated
Italian Seasoning mix (Costco has a great one)

1.) mix italian seasoning (to taste) and garlic into ground turkey and brown in a skillet
2.) boil noodles (hint: add a little olive oil to the water to keep the noodles from sticking together)
3.) in a large bowl, mix noodles, Parmesan, turkey and 1 1/2 jars of sauce
4.) transfer to a pre-greased casserole dish
5.) bake at 375 for 20 minutes
6.) top with mozzarella and bake until bubbly and golden
7.) serve with garlic bread

And for my piece de resistance, red velvet cupcakes iced with cream cheese brains! I'm not going to lie, I'm definitely making a box mix and using canned icing. I have a lot going on with V-day this week! My effort will be in piping the brainy swirls onto my cupcakes like in this picture.

I hope you all enjoy these easy recipes and kick back to enjoy The Walking Dead! Eat more brains!

The Next Day....
WHOA!! What a great episode...did NOT see that coming!  We had a great time!  The hubby said that spaghetti bake was a recipe he'd definatley like to see again and just look at my adorable brains!  They were hit.  Just as the lights went off and the show came on, I passed them out and we all ate our brains in silent horror:)

                        Looks like somebody stole one fo my brains....JIMMY!