Crab Roll Sliders

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Krissyar

Prep: 15 minutes

Cook: 12 minutes

Total: 27 minutes

Servings: 4

 Ingredients

  • 4 King Crab Legs
  • 4 Slices Glutino Multi-Grain (gluten-free)
  • ¼ Cup Spectrum Canola Mayonnaise
  • ¼ Cup Diced Organic Green Onion
  • ¼ Cup Diced Organic Tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp. Fresh Squeeze Organic Lemon Juice
  • 2 tbsp. Melted Organic Butter
  • ½ tsp. Simply Organic Onion Powder
  • ½ tsp. Simply Organic Garlic Powder
  • Salt & Pepper

Crab Rolls & Sliders Ingredients

Instructions

Fill a large pan with 1 to 2 inches of water. Bring to boil. Add crab legs. Boil for approximately 5 minutes. Remove crab legs from water. Set aside and let cool.
Dice green onion and tomato into small pieces. Slice lemon in half. Set aside.
Add butter to small microwavable bowl. Microwave for 1 to 2 minutes or until butter is melted. Set aside.
Preheat oven at 250 degrees F.
Use hands to break lobster apart at joints. If you can pull crabmeat from shell without breaking further, go ahead. Otherwise, take knife and make one continuous cut down each shell. Pry shell open with fingers and remove crabmeat.
Cut crabmeat into various sizes. Place crabmeat in medium mixing bowl. Drizzle 1 tbsp. melted butter over crabmeat. Stir. Add diced green onion, diced tomatoes, mayonnaise, freshly squeezed lemon juice, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Stir. Place in refrigerator.

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Lay 4 slices multi-grain bread on aluminum foil sheet. Drizzle 1 tbsp. melted butter on top of slices. Place in oven for 3 to 4 minutes or until just crispy (rotating sides halfway through). Remove bread from oven.
Flex bread into shape of hotdog buns. Scoop crabmeat mixture onto bread. Plate your crab rolls onto serving dishes and enjoy this seaside staple! Best served with potato chips and an ice-cold beer or orange soda.

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Baseball Mom Essentials

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Krissyar

In our neck of the woods baseball isn’t just a one practice during the week and a game on the weekend kind of town. The kids practice 3-4 times a week with 2 or more games a week. It’s a big committment, but it’s also a ton of fun.
If you’ve never been a ‘baseball mom’ before, or maybe you feel like your lacking in the area, I put together a few tips/tricks/and must have essentials to keep you and your little player on track this baseball season.

Comfy/Portable Chairs. A chair is actually a major piece of the baseball Mom game. You need something comfortable (after all, you’ll be in it for hours), but also really easy to carry since you’ll probably be lugging a lot of other stuff along too. I love the ones with an extra side table (you know for your phone, or snack) and the best ones also have the visor on the top to block the sun or even the rain. Trust me on this one, it’s worth the investment.

Your Own Baseball Bag. Besides their own bag to carry their helmet, bat, glove and balls, you need your own bag. You need an umbrella, a hoodie for when it gets chilly, sunblock, chapstick, bandaids and neosporin, or other emergency type kit items. I also keep eye drops (I wear contacts),  extra snacks (for me, my ball player, or his sibilings) and usually my extra battery for my camera.

Don’t Forget Your Team  Spirit. Every year I go and buy a t-shirt matching the  colors of my kids team. Number 1 my son LOVES that we match (well, he’s still small, I’m sure that will change) but when all the parents match the kids it just gives them an extra boost of confidence during a game. ..and I also bring my ‘cheer’ on. My son knows I’m always on the sidelines for him no matter what!

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Body Armor Sports Drink. 

BODYARMOR is a premium sports drink with more potassium packed electrolytes, vitamins and coconut water. It is low in sodium and contains NOTHING ARTIFICIAL – unlike other sports drinks on the market. It’s a GREAT choice for young athletes especially, who don’t need all the extra sodium in their diets or the artificial ingredients that come from drinking other sports drinks on the market. My son loves them, and even asks to take them in his lunch to school! You have to try them out, pick them up at your local Meijer or Target- and in fact they’ve offered a coupon on their Facebook page so you can give them a try this season.

Many of today’s top athletes choose BODYARMOR as their sports drink of choice, including: Mike Trout, Andrew Luck, James Harden, Buster Posey, Rob Gronkowski, Kevin Love, Richard Sherman, Skylar Diggins and Sydney LeRoux!!!

 

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Healthy & Fast Fried Rice

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Krissyar

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups cooked white rice
  • 3 Tablespoons sesame oil (or vegetable oil) – I find Sesame Oil gives it more of the taste of a Chinese Restaurant
  • 1 cup frozen peas and carrots (thawed)
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • 2 eggs, slightly beaten
  • 3-4 Tablespoons soy sauce

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Directions:

  1. On medium high heat, heat the oil in a large skillet or wok. Add the peas/carrots mix, onion and garlic. Stir fry until tender.
  2. Lower the heat to medium low and push the stir fry off to one side, then pour eggs on the other side of skillet. Stir fry until scrambled.
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  3. Now add the rice and soy sauce and blend all together well. Stir fry until thoroughly heated.  Enjoy!

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How to Protect Yourself from a Data Breach

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Krissyar

Two years ago I was on our first official beach vacation with my family – I logged into my mobile banking app to check for a deposit from work, and noticed a weird charge for over $80.. I immediately called my bank to find out that this was a breach in security with the card company. They said most likely somewhere someone had stole my information, and was spending my money! The bank immediately froze my account, and cancelled my debit card! Thankfully I had a credit card with me, (as well as my parents) but what if I had relied just on the one card for our travels? This was only on day 2 of 10. I can’t imagine the trouble I would of went through being over 1,000 miles from our credit union.
It seems like these days you can’t be too careful – with the recent breaches within Target, Anthem, and other large companies, it’s understandable to be weary of using your bank or credit card information.The scary thing is not only do they get access to our credit card and make fraudulent charges, but they also can gain access to personal information such as your address, birthdays and socials – which can open up a whole other can of worms.

Even if you do everything right – there is still the possibility that your information could be compromised. But, if you take these steps, you can keep the chance of a security breach very slim!
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  1. Changing your user account passwords, along with your security questions every 60 days or so as a safeguard.
  2. Require validation on online orders – like your address and phone number, before they will authorize a payment or shipping.
  3. Monitor all your transactions for fraudulent activity – even credit cards you don’t use often. On card that you use regularly, be sure to check each individual transaction.
  4. Installing firewalls to monitor connections, as wella s anti-virus software and be sure to keep it regularly updated.
  5. Store confidential information such as socials, credit card information, etc, in a encrypted database, preferably one without internet.
  6. Never send or request confidential information thru e-mail or other online chat features. If you receive a request, always call to submit the information instead of sending via e-mail.
  7. Sign up for LifeLock Services. LifeLock gives people confidence to live freely in this day of being connected online 24/7. They are the leading provider of proactive identity theft services. LifeLock provides alerts that scan the financial networks to help identify potential threats before any damage can be done. LifeLock gives you the opportunity to confirm your identity before a new credit card, cell phone, or any type of loan is opened with your information. LifeLock is so confident that you’ll love their services that they offer a $1 Million Total Service Guarantee

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Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Krissyar

Ingredients

2 cups gluten free oat flour
1 1/2 T poppy seeds
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp sea salt
2 flax eggs (real eggs will work too)
1/2 cup coconut sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup almond milk (or milk of choice)
1 tsp vanilla extract
Juice of 1 small lemon
1 tsp lemon zest

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 350.
In one bowl, mix all the dry ingredients.
In another bowl, mix the wet.
Add dry to wet and mix only until combined.
Spoon batter into standard sized lined muffin pans.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Let the muffin cool completely before removing from the pans.
Store in the fridge or freeze for longer.
Enjoy!

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