Fit Friday; Grilled Pear Cucumber Flatbread & Strength Training for the Pool

Our Grilled Pear Cucumber Flatbread Recipe is a delicious, fresh, bold combination of flavors! You'll fall completely in love with our cucumber flatbread. It's a healthy and filling lunch or light dinner recipe.  As always, our Fit Friday with Miss Nichole from Pure Clean Coaching is today! So happy that she comes every week to share her awesome fitness knowledge with us! If you want check out more of our Fit Friday posts then CLICK HERE!  Our Grilled Pear Cucumber Flatbread Recipe is a delicious, fresh, bold combination of flavors! by cookingwithruthie.com

Why we love Grilled Pear Cucumber Flatbread Recipe

Grilled Pear Cucumber Flatbread is the perfect appetizer or it can even pass for a meal all on it's own. It was a wonderful lunch for me. The only part that's grilled is the whole grain flat bread- if you didn't want to warm up the grill then it easily be toasted off under the broiler in the oven too. Either way that added bit of crunchy texture just makes the whole recipe.

What is Chevre Cheese?

Grilled Pear Cucumber Flatbread is topped off with those white blobs of creamy, mouth-watering, Chevre Cheese! Oh my, I LOVE this stuff! It's a soft cheese made out of goats milk and more mild than feta cheese. It's creamy-soft, it originates from France and you'll find it in the specialty cheese section of most all grocery stores. Our Grilled Pear Cucumber Flatbread Recipe is a delicious, fresh, bold combination of flavors! by cookingwithruthie.com

How to make Grilled Pear Cucumber Flatbread Recipe

Once your flat bread is hot and ready to go, it's simple to add the toppings. Make sure to have the toppings right ready to go- just use a kitchen peeler to shave off long flat pieces of cucumber. Be sure to buy small, thin cucumber so the seeds are small and it can be evenly shaved. 
  • Preheat grill on medium high.
  • (or flatbreads can be toasted under the oven broiler, if preferred)
  • Brush 2 tablespoons olive oil on tops of the 4 pieces of flatbread.
  • Place oil side down on grill and cook 2-3 minutes or until grill marked and warmed.
  • Remove flatbreads and add toppings:
  • Layer cucumber slices, add pear slices, dabs of chevre cheese, sprinkle with toasted pinenuts.
  • Sprinkle with sea salt and drizzle with olive oil.
  • Serve and Enjoy!
•• To toast the pine nuts just toss a handful into a small non stick fry pan, over medium high heat stir; cook them for 2-3 minutes BUT, don't leave them! They quickly turn from toasted to burned in a split second.

Our Grilled Pear Cucumber Flatbread Recipe is a delicious, fresh, bold combination of flavors! by cookingwithruthie.com


 

 

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Fit Friday with Nichole

The sun is shining and I am getting stoked for the pool! My kids are fish and will swim at the pool all day long, but I also love to get out and actually swim laps. I cannot drag myself to do it in the winter, it just isn't appealing and I would rather be running. But something about the sun bouncing off the blue water and the smell of chlorine just calls to me.

Because I am not a swimmer, meaning it isn't something I do often enough to really make gains at it, I have found that if I can get into the pool feeling strong, feeling like the muscles I need to not drown are there, I tend to feel a bit stronger through my stroke.

This week we have a routine built to around improving your swim. If you are not a swimmer and not looking at becoming one any time soon this is a great full body routine to throw into your gym mix.

1. Squat Jumps; these are your exploding muscles for kicking off the wall.

2. Deadlift; strengthening your lower posterior chain will give you better positioning in the water.

3. Lateral Lunge; opens up the muscles in your hips, improving your hip rotation.

4. Dumbbell Shoulder Press; promotes shoulder stability

5. Pullups; a strong swim stroke requires you to activate your lats and shoulders.


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Love Always, Nichole, Ruthie & Madeliene 

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