WW MEAL PREP FOR WEIGHT LOSS - MONTE CRISTO PINWHEELS - BLT PASTA SALAD & STRAWBERRY LASAGNA

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This week's meal prep video introduces three distinct and easy-to-make recipes designed for weight loss and convenience: Monte Cristo pinwheels, BLT pasta salad, and strawberry lasagna. Before diving into the cooking process, the host shares a personal update regarding her daily supplement routine, specifically highlighting saffron from Saffron Co. She explains that while saffron is traditionally known as a spice, this specific supplement has been a game-changer for her mental clarity, energy levels, and motivation over several months of use. She notes that it helps combat brain fog and stress, particularly during her busy schedule involving YouTube content creation and other work, with many users reporting visible improvements in mood and focus within just five weeks. The first recipe demonstrated is the Monte Cristo pinwheels, which serve as a hearty breakfast option paired with eggs and fruit. The preparation involves rolling out crescent dough into a rectangle, spreading a warmed jam mixture evenly across it, and layering turkey, ham, Swiss cheese, and an egg before rolling it up tightly. Once rolled, the dough is cut into pinwheel shapes, brushed with an egg wash, and baked until golden brown and crispy. After cooling completely, the finished rolls are dusted with powdered sugar to mimic the classic Monte Cristo dessert style, creating a savory yet sweet meal that is perfect for prepping in advance for the week. For lunch, the host prepares a refreshing BLT pasta salad featuring bowtie pasta coated in a creamy dressing made from buttermilk, mayonnaise, sour cream, chives, and pepper. The assembly process includes mixing the cooked and cooled pasta with the dressing, followed by the addition of fresh tomatoes, shredded cheddar cheese, crumbled crispy bacon, and chopped romaine lettuce. This colorful and nutrient-dense salad is designed to be stored in a container with a lid for easy consumption throughout the week, offering a balanced meal that combines familiar flavors like bacon and tomato with a tangy, creamy base that keeps it interesting without being heavy. To conclude the meal prep session, the video features a no-bake strawberry lasagna dessert made entirely from pretzels to create a crunchy crust. The recipe layers crushed pretzels mixed with sugar and melted butter at the bottom of a baking dish, followed by a smooth cream cheese mixture sweetened with powdered sugar and vanilla extract. This is topped with a layer of strawberry pie filling and finished with whipped topping before being refrigerated for at least six hours to set. This dessert provides a satisfying sweet treat that requires no oven time, making it an ideal choice for those looking to enjoy a decadent flavor profile while maintaining a structured and efficient weekly meal planning routine.

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For my breakfast this week, I'm making Monte Cristo pinwheels. Well, hello. Welcome to this week's meal prep. I wanted to hop on really quick and say hello because I don't show my face as often as I should and let you know how excited I am for this week's meal prep. We have some really fantastic easy recipes. I'm just getting ready to go into the kitchen to start my meal prep. Had my protein coffee this morning, started taking my supplements and and this is one of the supplements I take every single day. I updated you guys a few weeks ago about Saffron and I've been getting some questions on an additional update. So, I thought I would fill you in on how I'm liking Saffron Co's saffron supplement. This has really been the best kept secret in wellness for over 3,000 years and when people think of saffron, they think of a spice in their cabinet. There's more to saffron than that. In a world where we are overworked, overstressed, just burnt out in general, taking a supplement that helps us feel alive again after just a few weeks is so important. And what's great about Saffron Co is you'll notice visible results within 5 weeks. I've been taking saffron now for several months. So, I have noticed an incredible difference in mental clarity, less brain fog, energy, motivation, less stress. It's just been a huge game changer. It's not a caffeine pill. It's kind [clears throat] of a slow glow up. People typically notice results like I said within about 5 weeks. And for me, I am extremely busy. Between YouTube and Rise, I work a lot and mental clarity is essential and brain fog is also a real thing. Saffron Co helps me make it through my busy work schedule. Between long editing, going live on TikTok, preparing for parties, preparing for videos, this has really changed truly my life. And what's really great is if you suffer from ADHD, people have noticed incredible results with saffron. And like myself, 94% of people that take Saffron Co's saffron, feel happier, more motivated within five short weeks. I will go ahead and put it here on the screen the information and the discount for Saffron Co's saffron. I will have it linked down in the description box for you. If you are busy, burnt out, unmotivated, tired, Saffron Co is going to literally change the game for you. You will see a huge difference in such a short period of time. >> I'm actually really excited for this. Going to pair this with some eggs, some fruit. You're going to need some type of jam or spread. I'm going to do two roll, two cans of crescent rolls. You want 12 oz total and each of these is eight. So, I'm going to make just a little bit extra than the original recipe. Swiss cheese, ham, turkey, an egg and a little bit of water. So, I went ahead and rolled out my crescent dough. We're just going to kind of squeeze that together just so there's no gaps into a rectangle. And then I put my jam in the microwave for about 20 seconds. We're going to put that on the crescent rolls and then using a pastry brush, you just want to flat brush that on nice and thin. Then you're going to add your turkey, ham and cheese and you just want to keep that about a half of an inch to an inch away from the edge so we can roll it up. And going to take your crescent roll starting with the edge and you're going to roll that up. And I kind of pinch the sides as I go just to kind of keep all of the goodies on the inside. Then when you get to the end just pull the dough over and again pinch everything closed. And to line a baking sheet with some foil. And then with a serrated knife you're going to go ahead and cut your pinwheels. And here is what they're going to look like. We're going to place these on the baking sheet. Then we're going to take our egg and we're just going to mix that together and do an egg wash right over the top. Going into a 375° oven until they're cooked through. You want your crescent rolls nice and brown and crispy. The pinwheels are out of the oven. Ooh, these smell and look so good. You're going to let them cool completely and then you can sprinkle on a little bit of powdered sugar. For my lunch this week I am making a BLT pasta salad. So you're going to need bowtie pasta, sour cream, buttermilk, mayonnaise, pepper, romaine lettuce, bacon, chives, and tomatoes. I forgot you're also going to need shredded cheddar cheese. I'm going to cook my bacon. Mine's just going to get warmed up. You just want to cook yours until crispy. Chop up my chives and have my tomatoes. We're going to cook the pasta per package directions. So to make the dressing for the salad we need a cup of buttermilk, half of a cup of mayo, 1/4 cup of sour cream, chives, and some pepper. And then we're just going to mix that together, and that's going to form the dressing for our pasta salad. I have my pasta drained, cooled, rinsed. We're going to add in the dressing, and then go ahead and mix that. Just coat that pasta with the dressing. We are adding in our tomatoes and our remaining chives, the cup of shredded cheese. Give that a quick mix. And then you're going to crumble in your bacon and add your chopped up romaine. And then you're going to give that one stir, and then add any salt and pepper you would like to taste. And here is the pasta salad. This looks absolutely incredible. I'm going to pop a lid on it, and we will have it for the week. For dessert this week, I'm making strawberry lasagna. This is a no-bake recipe, and I'm excited. You are going to need some pretzels. I just happen to have these Bats and Jacks, so I'm going to use those. Sugar, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, strawberry pie filling, two containers of whipped topping, butter or light butter, and cream cheese. So, I took my pretzels, put them in a Ziploc bag, and crushed them up. We're going to add them to a bowl. You're going to add a 1/4 cup of sugar or sugar substitute. Then we're adding our melted And we're going to mix together. We want this to basically look like a wet sand. We're going to add it to a bottom of a 9 by [music] 13 baking dish. Spread that out and then using the back of a spoon or a measuring cup, you're going to flatten it so that it holds together like a crust. Into a bowl, you're going to add your softened cream cheese. Half of a cup of powdered sugar. Vanilla extract. And then one of your containers of Cool Whip. And you can use a handheld mixer, spoon, but you're going to mix until creamy. Over the pretzels, you're going to spread your cream cheese layer as evenly as possible. Then you're going to spoon your strawberry filling on top of the cream cheese. And then our other container of Cool Whip, we're going to spread that on top. Then you're going to cover this, put it in the fridge for a minimum of 6 hours. >> [music]