Zing! with Anabel Prince

Happy Pride! Anabel whips up an easy, cheap, and quick quiche before being joined by Celine, her bff of 11+ years, to discuss all things astrology! They cover what "in retrograde" actually means, the difference between your sun, moon, and rising sign, how astrology relates to dating, and so much more! (Celine is so smart y'all) They of course end with their current entertainment recommendations. 

Anabel's Quiche: 

• 4-6 eggs (depends on how big your pie is) 
• 3/4 cup half & half 
• 1 red bell pepper 
• 1/2 - 1 cup mushrooms 
• 3-5 strips cooked bacon 
• 1/2 cup feta cheese crumbles
• 1 pie crust, par-baked (a little undercooked)
• salt + pepper to taste 
• oil for roasting 

1. Cut pepper and mushrooms into bite sized chunks. Toss with olive oil, salt, and pepper. 
2. Assemble on sheet pan and bake at 400F for 20 minutes.
3. Chop bacon into bite sized chunks. Set aside. 
4. Whisk together eggs and half & half, seasoning with s+p. 
5. After the veggies are done, arrange your cooked veg, bacon, and feta at the bottom of your empty pie crust. 
6. Carefully pour your egg mixture over the fillings. Top with more cheese if desired.
7. Bake at 375F for 30-45 mins (really depends on the size!) 
8. Check halfway on your crust, covering the edge of your pie in tin foil if needed to prevent burning.
9. Let cool for 10 mins and enjoy! 

Anabel's Recommendations: 

1. The Affair (Showtime) 
2. La La Land (2016), Room (2015) 

Celine's Recommendations: 

1. Pose on FX (old seasons available on Netflix) 
2. The Circle on Netflix  

Anabel takes a trip back in time to make the very first recipe ever featured on Zing! (episode since taken down lol) She whips up her tried and true vegan sweet potato chili, a super simple but satisfying meal. Then she is joined by former guest of the pod Anna to talk all things books! They both give 5 recommendations, each one suited for a different type of reader and their preferences. They also chat their favorite genres, what celebrities happen to be scientologists, and Why Every Well Known Book is Written By a White Man. Of course, they end off with entertainment recs of the week!

Anabel's Book Recs:

1. Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
2. The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
3. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
4. Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg
5. We Should All Be Mirandas: Life Lessons from Sex and the City's Most Underrated Character by Chelsea Fairless and Lauren Garroni

Anna's Book Recs:

1. Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
2. Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney
3. The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
4. Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
5. I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

Vegan Sweet Potato Chili:

• 1 sweet potato
• 1 onion
• 1 cup bell pepper (optional)
• 1 can black beans
• 1 can red kidney beans
• 1 can diced fire roasted tomatoes
• 1 quart of veggie broth (1 package)
• 1/4 cup chili powder
• 2 tablespoons cumin
• 1 tbsp. cayenne (optional, if you like it spicy)
• salt & pepper to taste
• olive oil for cooking

1. Sautee roughly chopped onion in any oil of your choice until translucent in a large pot.
2. Roughly chop peppers, if using them, and add them to pot.
3. Poke holes in sweet potato with a fork and microwave for 2-3 mins. Chop into cubes and add to pot. Sautee until they're a bit browned.
4. Add the canned beans (strained) and tomatoes, then stir.
5. Add enough veggie broth to cover the sweet potatoes.
6. Add the seasonings and bring to a boil.
7. Reduce to simmer for 30 min-1 hour, adding more veggie broth if it gets too thick.
8. Add cheese, avocado, or crushed tortilla chips on top if desired!

Anabel's recommendations of the week:

1. Panic Room (2002) (available to rent)
2. Modern Love on Amazon Prime

Anna's recommendations of the week:

1. David Byrne's American Utopia (available on HBO Max)
2. Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (available on Netflix)
   

Anabel is joined by her lovely mother, Kelly, to recommend what they've been watching, reading, and listening to during quarantine! Anabel does not cook. 

Anabel's recs: 

• Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu) 
• 2000s pop (specifically "American Boy" by Estelle feat. Kanye West) 
• Ozark (Netflix) 
• Fleabag stage version (Amazon Prime) 
• The Invisible Man (VOD) 

Kelly's recs: 

• The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
• Westworld (HBO) 
• Devs (Hulu) 
• Altered Carbon (Netflix) 
• Office Ladies podcast

Anabel loses her Whataburger virginity! She is accompanied by her friend Dylan, a native Texan. Abby and Riley are also present. Then, things get a bit more serious as Anabel touches on the coronavirus and Literally What The Hell We Are Going To Do, before ending on entertainment recs with Dylan. 

Anabel's Recommendations:

• American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
• Better Things on FX (available on Hulu) 

Dylan's Recommendations:

• Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs by Hunter S. Thompson
• Ozark on Netflix

Anabel makes cherry bread pudding and chats with herself about men at the gym, what makes a good dessert, and mental health. Then her friend Anna joins to talk about vegetarianism, their favorite sparkling water flavors, and college memories.

Cherry Bread Pudding: 

Pudding:

• 1 medium sourdough loaf, cut into cubes (or any hard loaf) (can be old)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar 
• 1/2 cup white sugar + some sprinkled on top
• 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
• 1 egg + 2 yolks (3 total)
• 1 tbsp cinnamon 
• 1/2 tbsp vanilla (optional because vanilla is $$) 

Cherry Sauce: 

• 1/2-1 bag frozen pitted cherries 
• ~1 cup white sugar (depends how sweet you want it) 

1. Preheat oven to 350. 
2. Assemble bread cubes in baking dish. Pack semi-densely.
3. Beat brown sugar, white sugar, almond milk, cinnamon and eggs. Whisk the custard until combined. 
4. Pour wet custard mixture over bread cubes, making sure each one is saturated. Pouring in stages helps! 
5. Let bread sit for a few minutes to absorb custard, pour out excess from dish if needed. 
6. Bake for 40-45 minutes. 
7. Heat frozen cherries, sugar, and a splash of water over high heat. Bring to boil for 10 mins, let reduce until desired thickness. It will get thicker as it dries. 
8. Let pudding cool for a few minutes before serving with a generous pour of sauce on top! Enjoy! 

Anabel's Recommendations:

• High Maintenance on HBO 
• "I Live Above The Hobby Shop" by McFabulous + "Season 2 Episode 3" by Glass Animals 

Anna's Recommendations:

• Russian Doll on Netflix 
• Snowpiercer  (available on Netflix) 

It's keto time! Anabel is joined by her friend Lexi to eat a DELICIOUS keto dish (seriously... make this one, guys) and talk about what exactly eating keto entails, intermittent fasting, and why Anabel can't eat normal jarred pasta sauce anymore. 

TW: Disordered eating, dieting, fasting

Keto Ziti (Zito): 

• 2 zucchini
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1 pound italian pork sausage 
• 1/2- 1 jar red sauce (use whatever brand you like or go crazy and make homemade) 
• 1 bag shredded mozzarella cheese (or go crazy and use a ball of fresh mozz!)
• salt + pep, italian seasoning (optional)

1. Heat oven to 400. 
2. Slice zucchini into half-moons and peppers into thin strips. 
3. Arrange veggies on sheet pan, season with salt + pep. Bake for 30-35 mins, until roasted and brown. 
4. Heat pan over med-high and add sausage. Cook in small pieces until cooked fully, season with salt + pep.
5. Mix roasted veg, cooked sausage, and red sauce in baking dish. 
6. Top with mozzarella and bake for additional 10 minutes. 
7. Serve and enjoy! 

Anabel's Recommendations: 

• Parks and Recreation Season 7 (now available on Peacock) 
• "Rich Man" by Vampire Weekend

Lexi's Recommendations: 

• Cheer on Netflix
• Superdream by Big Wild 

Anabel makes vegan tacos! She is then joined by her friend Amanda, a real life vegan, to talk sustainability, their best scams, and go-to easy meals. 

Roasted Squash Tacos

• 1-2 yellow squashes
• 1 onion
• 1 pepper (color is your choice)
• 1 can black beans 
• flour tortillas (or your pref) 
• 1 avocado 
• 1 lime 
• 2 tbsp 21 seasoning salute (or use all purpose seasoning)
• 2 tbsp chili lime seasoning (chili powder works too)
• salt + pepper to taste
• olive oil

1. cut up squash into cubes and dress with olive oil, 21 seasoning salute, salt + pepper
2. put into oven at 400 for ~30 mins 
3. cut onion and pepper into strips and sautee on high heat. cover with lid to steam and add salt, pepper, and olive oil to taste 
4. add black beans to small saucepan on low-med heat and add chili lime seasoning, salt + pepper, and even lime to taste 
5. cut avocado into cubes and mix with salt, pepper, and lime juice. mash into guac of your desired chunkiness
6. heat flour tortillas and arrange your vegan tacos!! 

Anabel's Recommendations: 

• Tia Tamera by Doja Cat feat. Rico Nasty 
• LOVE on Netflix

Amanda's Recommendations: 

• The Circle on Netflix 
• Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard podcast 

Anabel makes what she has dubbed "a show stopping breakfast," which is just sweet potato hashbrowns topped with a fried egg, avocado, and chili oil honey. Yum alert! Then she is joined by Abby and they discuss their favorite movies, TV, music, books, and podcasts of 2019. Happy 2020 to you all! 

A Show Stopping Breakfast (vegetarian): 

• 2 eggs
• 1/2 sweet potato 
• 1 avocado
• chili garlic sauce (or chili oil or even sriracha) 
• honey 
• salt + pepper to taste
• butter for frying egg

1. grate sweet potato until you have about 1 cup for each hash brown.
2. put grated sweet potato into a large heated pan. use butter or cooking spray and shape potato into patties. wait a few minutes and then flip when the first side is golden brown. 
3. In a smaller pan, heat butter and fry an egg to your liking. 
4. cut avocado into slices 
5. mix chili garlic sauce with honey using a 1:1 ratio 
6. Plate and enjoy! 

Anabel's Recommendations: 

• You Season 2 on Netflix

Abby's Recommendations: 

• Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe 
• Stage Freight by Jenny Slate (on Netflix) 

Merry zingmas! On this special episode Anabel is joined by her friend Lexi for a fast food drive thru adventure where they try some special holiday ~limited time only~ items. They also discuss music festivals, holiday faves, and old Vines. 

Lexi's Recommendations:

• Downton Abbey on PBS (available on Amazon Prime) 
• White Christmas (available on Netflix) 

Anabel's Recommendations: 

• Russian Doll on Netflix 
• A Very She & Him Christmas by She & Him

Anabel rambles while making a vegan soup that can probably be classified as minestrone. She's then joined by Katie, her longtime friend who is a real life vegan!!!!! They talk about the Disney college program, almond milk, and holiday faves!

Vegan Minestrone

• 1 onion, chopped
  
• chopped carrots
  
• chopped butternut squash
  
• 1 can red kidney beans
  
• 1 can fire roasted tomatoes
  
• 1/2 package frozen spinach
  
• 1 carton veggie broth
  
• bay leaf
  
• salt & pepper to taste
  
• olive oil for sauteeing
  

1. Roast butternut squash and carrots tossed in olive oil and salt and pepper at 425 for 30 minutes
   
2. Sautee onion until browned
   
3. Add 3/4 carton (or as much to your taste) veggie broth
   
4. Add canned beans and tomatoes
   
5. Add roasted veggies
   
6. Add spinach, thawed. Try to squeeze as much water out as you can
   
7. Add bay leaf
   
8. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 10 minutes
   
9. Season with salt and pepper to taste!
   

Anabel's Recommendations:

• Noah Baumbach films (Marriage Story, Live While We're Young, The Squid and The Whale) 
• Christmas Cookies: Jazz Treats For The Holidays by Bertini, Morris, and Gannett

Katie's Recommendations:

• Knives Out (now available on Amazon Prime) 
• Vegan Chocolate Truffles

Anabel and Matthew make sourdough from scratch! How does it turn out? You'll have to listen to see! Then Caroline joins them to give some entertainment recs of the week. Woo! 

No recipe because the sourdough was (spoiler) a fail. 

Anabel's Recommendations: 

• Girls on HBO

Matthew's Recommendations: 

• Rick and Morty on Adult Swim (available on Hulu)
• IGOR by Tyler, The Creator

Caroline's Recommendations: 

• "Partner in Crime" by Ocean Alley
• Parks and Recreation on NBC (now available on Peacock) 

Anabel makes burrito bowls! (Don't worry, they're vegan) Then, she is joined by her friend Josef to talk all things horror movies. Things get a little gory in their descriptions... you've been warned. Happy Halloween! 

Vegan Burrito Bowls: 

• 1 white onion 
• 1 bell pepper (color is your choice)
• 1 can black beans 
• 1 can sweet corn
• cooked brown rice (I use TJ's steam-in-bag brown rice)
• 1 avocado
• 1 lime
• salsa, hot sauce (optional) 
• salt + pep, taco seasoning 
• olive oil for cooking

1. Cut onion and bell pepper into strips. Season with taco seasoning and salt + pep, sautée on med-high heat until charred and soft, about 7-10 mins.
2. Heat corn in small saucepan in 1-2 tbsp olive oil on high heat. Pat corn into flat even layer, cover with lid. Cook for ~10 mins until fire roasted, char is optional. 
3. Make brown rice however you so choose. I use TJ's steam-in-bag brown rice. 
4. Heat black beans in small pot, season with salt + pep taco seasoning, chili powder, lime (optional but tasty) 
5. Cut avocado into cubes and mix gently with lime juice and salt + pep (to taste) to make your guac!
6. Assemble! Start with a base of brown rice, then add fajita veggies, corn, and black beans. Top with guac and salsa! 

Anabel's Recommendations: 

• 2 (Demos) by Mac DeMarco
• American Horror Story: Murder House (available on Netflix)

Josef's Recommendations:

• Anderson Paak 
• The Boys on Amazon Prime

Anabel makes vegan curry and has a sinus infection. Then she and Caroline talk about drugs, the universe, and painting elephants.

Vegan Vegetable Curry: 

• 1 yellow onion
• 3 russet potatoes
• 2 bell peppers (color is your choice)
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 package mushrooms 
• cooked brown rice 
• garam masala powder 
• curry power
• turmeric
• cumin
• coconut oil for cooking
• 1/2 can coconut milk
• salt + pep 
• cilantro or coriander for garnish (optional) 

1. Boil pot of water, season with salt. 
2. Chop potatoes into home fries sized pieces. Boil until fork tender, about 15 minutes 
3. Chop yellow onion into strips. 
4. Heat saucepan on med-high heat with 1-2 tbsp coconut oil. Throw onions in, let sweat for a few minutes. 
5. Chop peppers into strips; mince garlic; slice mushrooms
6. Add garlic to pan (DO NOT BURN) along with 4 tsp each of garam masala powder and curry powder. Add more coconut oil as needed.
7. Add peppers and sliced mushrooms to pan
8. Season with 1 tsp each of turmeric and cumin. Adjust seasoning to taste, add more if you want it extra flavorful! 
9. Let veggies sauté in spices until cooked fully with some color. 
10. Add approx 1/2 can coconut milk, stir all together. 
11. Let reduce for ~10 mins, season with salt + pep
12. Serve with brown rice and enjoy! Top with chopped cilantro to be extra fancy.

Anabel's Recommendations: 

• Kill Count series on YouTube ( Dead Meat channel) 
• Ready or Not? (now available on Hulu)

Caroline's Recommendations: 

• EDM (Buku) 
• "The Machine" stand-up clip by Bert Kreischer (on YouTube)

Anabel makes fried rice and then her and Abby talk about Sex and The City for too long.

Vegetarian Fried Rice: 

• 2 eggs 
• butter (I use earth balance vegan butter) 
• 1/2 bag trader joe's frozen asian style veggies (or tbh use whatever veggies you have. broccoli, red pepper, onions, water chestnuts, corn, really whatever would be yummy)
• cooked rice (make it however you/ use whatever rice you want, I like TJ's steam-in-bag brown rice)
• 1/2 cup soy sauce (or to taste) 
• a few dashes rice vinegar 
• dash sesame oil 
• salt & pepper to taste
• sriracha, avocado, sesame seeds (or everything bagel seasoning), nori furikake (dried seaweed strips) to top (OPTIONAL but tasty) 

1. In a large pan, scramble two eggs in butter, undercooking slightly. Set aside in a bowl. 
2. Add veggies over med-high heat and sautée until tender/ unfrozen. Add cooked rice and egg. 
3. Add soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sesame oil. Stir. 
4. Add a pat of butter if desired (super yummy). Season with salt & pepper.
5. Serve and add desired toppings! 

Abby's Recommendations: 

• Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple
• Blue Jasmine (2013) (hate to recommend woody allen sry it was my guest ok) 

Anabel's Recommendations: 

• Mindhunter on Netflix 
• Broad City on Comedy Central (or Hulu)